1 Feb 2024
UNFPA reviews about "team"
85% positive business outlook
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21 reviews
4.0
29 Aug 2023
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Pros
Interesting work and smart colleagues
Cons
The hierarchy within teams can be stifling and impede you from getting the job done
5.0
8 Apr 2025
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Pros
Global organization that saves the lives of women and girls Staff in 150 team around the world Colleagues committed to transformation
Cons
Hard to move up in the system Jobs few and far between Difficult external political environment for the UN
1.0
3 Mar 2024
Manager violated rights of staff and they tolerated it
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 1 year
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Pros
International team and talented people to work with
Cons
One country representative was very abusive to staff -- shouted at them, gaslit, insulted, etc. to the point where the staff were experiencing mental health issues. The management shrugged it off. No work-life balance. Worked 12-14 hours a day, plus weekends.
5.0
12 Jan 2024
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Great team a lot of opportunities to develop, and really meaningful work
Cons
Sometimes working on the issues UNFPA works with might be emotionally challenging
3.0
10 Jan 2025
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Pros
Good work team and diversity
Cons
Very bad stipend and salary
5.0
26 Jun 2023
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Great team - Always really supportive and outgoing. Good mentors
Cons
Working overtime during busy periods of the year.
4.0
7 Sept 2023
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Pros
Good and motivated team, great mandate
Cons
Highly competitive sector for new entrants
5.0
10 Feb 2025
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Pros
- Great team - Flexible management - Challenging but rewarding projects
Cons
- Sometimes overwhelming and very demanding
3.0
25 Apr 2025
Weird young cousin of UN agencies
Current employee, more than 5 years
New York, NY
Recommend
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Pros
UNFPA does amazing work for women and girls - a lighthouse of gender equality. The people here are passionate about it. It is a little removed from the rest of the UN agencies - this is good because it's less structured and leaves room for innovation.
Cons
The lack of structure can also breed chaos. Your experience can vary widely from team to team. Lots of competition and infighting. Consultants are not treated as well as staff, which breeds a toxic unfair environment. Lack of career progression and lots of "stuck" people. That's common to the UN, i'm told.
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