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Search for Common Ground Reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(142 total reviews)

Shamil Idriss

89% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Search for Common Ground has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 142 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Search for Common Ground employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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142 reviews
3.0
10 Dec 2025

Meaningful work, low pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

delivering concrete outcomes to support peacebuilding and global development, locally led offices

Cons

No pay for interns, very low pay for staff, was strung along to get a job that ended up falling through due to lack of funding

5.0
15 Oct 2025

Great work environment, high workload

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work dynamics are overall positive

Cons

Small teams resulting in high workload

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