Lot of internal politics, process and not result-oriented - Anonymous employee UNHCR Employee Review

2.0
8 Dec 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You learn about international protection There are so many opportunities to do great things in partnership with local NGO and other actors

Cons

Poorly managed - there's a lot of very negative office politics - people with the right connexions get high-level jobs created for them, internal competition between sections working towards the same goal, interns are not paid and work weekends and late night. Absolutely no work-life balance. It's normal to call you at 11pm during the weekend for nothing urgent.

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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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