Short review - Anonymous employee Canadian International Development Agency Employee Review

Benefits of working in public service: compensation, time off, health insurance, hours, etc. For those who can deal with the downsides, this is a prime job to enter early and kick back. There is very little focus on merit-based promotions or rewards, and simply showing up every day seems to be the key to ensuring your success.

Bureaucracy: Organizational change happening at a snail's pace, very little communication among management, incompetence at senior management levels, etc. Simply put, seeing the incompetence, inefficiency and waste is frustrating in any industry, but when dealing with international development, such problems translate into lives lost and lower standards of living. This is very hard to sit back and idly watch.

Relatively high job security Good not great pay Culture of respect within organisation Good reputation Most projects make a positive impact on beneficiaries

If you are not Canadian very limited chance of career advancement. Very Bureaucratic Very slow project approval process Lots of back and forth in decision making