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118 reviews
5.0
13 Jan 2026

Great place to work if you are in the right team

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Pros

Great culture and great teams

Cons

uncertainty about job continuity, as it is impacted by US funding massively

5.0
21 May 2025
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Pros

Mission-driven culture: IRC’s commitment to delivering high-impact humanitarian work is genuinely inspiring. The organisation attracts passionate, intelligent professionals who deeply care about making a difference. Global exposure: Working with colleagues across multiple regions (HQ and country offices) provides rich cultural exchange and insight into real-world challenges and solutions. Learning opportunities: Strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration, data-driven reporting, and sector best practices—particularly in fundraising, grants, and donor engagement. Leadership access: Opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and contribute to organisation-wide deliverables. Supportive colleagues: Many teams foster an environment of kindness, mutual respect, and emotional intelligence, which makes even high-pressure moments feel shared and manageable. The organisation's global reach and deep commitment to humanitarian impact make it a powerful place to grow, contribute, and learn. Despite the challenges, the sense of purpose and the quality of colleagues make it a truly rewarding environment. I would highly recommend IRC to mission-driven professionals looking to work on high-impact, global initiatives.

Cons

While IRC values internal talent, moving between departments or advancing into managerial roles can sometimes be slow or unclear without proactive networking.

5.0
30 Sept 2025

Good place to work

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the strong company culture and the engaging day-to-day tasks that kept work interesting and rewarding. The team environment was supportive and collaborative, making it a great place to grow professionally.

Cons

One area for improvement would be the compensation, which could be more competitive given the level of responsibility and contribution expected.

2.0
24 May 2025
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The day-to-day employees that are Frontline are extremely compassionate. Middle management for employment, resettlement, education, and immigration are dedicated and caring. The benefits are outstanding and the organization does a wonderful job on the international stage.

Cons

The upper management come into the job having never worked with individuals with the refugee status. They are unable to manage programs sufficiently without this experience. The nepotism is unmatched, and is evident in all areas of the office. This is known but remains unchanged. The multitude of complaints go un addressed by headquarters and human resources. The current political climate is very uncertain and the local office has had complete departments shut down with little warning. As is true with many companies, the work life balance is talked about, but not practiced. Many employees have worked tirelessly, at times, into the late night, with no acknowledgement and then reminded to practice self-care. This is due to the absence of an understanding of roles and workloads by upper management.

5.0
18 Sept 2025

Great Culture

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Fantastic people to work with. Great work life balance. Good systems and process flow.

Cons

Cant think of any. It was a great company.

4.0
31 Oct 2025
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Loved helping others in their goals and progression. Great office environment and culture.

Cons

Compensation is low for the amount of work. Administrative pressure for program success countered satisfaction of non-profit work being performed.

4.0
14 Jul 2025
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Pros

- amazing team culture, everyone was there to work hard and with the right purpose and intention to serve the Clients - contributes to deep interpersonal growth as it is incredibly diverse groups from Staff to Clients - each day was unique and challenging - Management was genuinely there to support Staff and step in to any role when needed, and encouraged a positve and successful shift.

Cons

- changed Insurance provider and poorly impacted MANY staff needs (seemed like a decision made to benefit the organization, not the Staff) - limited pay and lacked opportunities for a raise - certain departments can be limiting to career growth, unless willing to relocate

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