Think twice - Anonymous employee UNHCR Employee Review

3.0
19 Feb 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Organization with a purpose, almost everyone cares about the purpose and teams relentlessly for the purpose - protection of refugees and other persons of concern. Good future career opportunities.

Cons

Unvs exploited, incompetent managers, poor leadership unwilling to change things for better, poor work life balance. No coaching, no mentorship.

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5.0
3 Nov 2024
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Pros

Best Mandate to see people of Concerns benefit. opportunity to be in an international team

Cons

instability of employment contract and job opportunities

3.0
7 Apr 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, you really do help people

Cons

Human Resources takes a highly specialized approach to talent management. In that you cannot really change functions easily in UNHCR. You have to hyper-specialize in one area. So if you are a protection staff, you tend to burn out from trauma without an internal mechanism to alleviate the burnout. The higher you go in UNHCR, the crazier you become.

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