I was so excited about working with IPA, but it was a deeply disappointing experience - Anonymous employee Innovations for Poverty Action Employee Review

Intrinsically poor organization. Unless you work in the main office, the work is project based, so you really work for and are dependent on the investigator running your project, but are also expected to report to your local director (if you are even lucky enough to have one). However these two "supervisors" do not have the same agenda and priorities. This makes for many an awkward situation. Poor communication from HQ to local staff. No support for people doing fieldwork. Retched pay. High turnover.