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      World Bank is wonderful, awful place - Program Manager World Bank Group Employee Review

      2.0
      Sep 12, 2010
      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many smart & dedicated people; excellent benefits and salary; truly multi-cultural workplace. Depending on where you are in the organization, many opportunities for professional development.

      Cons

      Doesn't walk the walk on work-life balance. Truly a place built on relationships, rather than competence. Deep suspicion of externally recruited staff--especially mid-career. (If you didn't do it at the WBG, you haven't done it.) Very little room for growth; desperately low turn-over of staff.

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      5.0
      May 25, 2026
      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefit, opportunity to work on international development

      Cons

      Career stagnation, difficult to move around

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      2.0
      May 19, 2026
      Procurement specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent coworkers across the global Benefits package is exceptional including health insurance, PTO, sick leave

      Cons

      Overly bureaucratic procurement and institutional guidelines result in team spending significant time on approvals and transactional work Leadership is not connected to team Resources are extremely stretched and too small for the volume of work expected

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