ILO Reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(204 total reviews)
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Guy Ryder

97% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

ILO has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 204 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The ILO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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204 reviews
4.0
7 Apr 2021

Great orga

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Pros

Great mandate, great salary, many smart people

Cons

A bit slow sometimes, no active career development

2.0
21 Jan 2017

Horrible working conditions.

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Pros

Very interesting work, departments work independent of each other meaning you can move from one to another relatively easily.

Cons

Junior staff is under extremely precarious conditions. During my time in the ILO I have heard of people enduring threats (dismissal threats and threats of giving bad references to my future managers so they would fire me), being bullied in the workplace (personal insults, attempts at breaking down my self-steem), indecent proposals (working for free, work on 50% contract even though the work is full time) and inmoral practices (fired during the christmas break to save on holiday pay) . Other juniors also speak about sexual harassment (towards women) mostly from senior staff. You can also see the library with fake consultants (aka external collaborators) who work from the ILO as a normal employee but without rights to save money.

2.0
16 Sept 2016

Precarious work hypocrisy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The opportunity to know that you are making a contribution at a global level in improving the lives of people.

Cons

There are too many people in permanent positions who seem to have lost the drive and energy that is exhibited by many of the interns and precarious staff. It would be good to better promote and retain fresh blood and ideas.

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