need to network sometimes distracts too much from real work - Programme Analyst UNDP Employee Review

contracts are for 1 year, so there is a constant worry about whether or not they will be renewed there is no such thing as on the job promotion: you need to apply for higher level jobs jobs are generally earmarked for someone, so you need to network heavily to be that "someone" bureaucracy is heavy but not compared to the UN secretariat very decentralized organization so hard to get some coherent policies and structures in place