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      4.3

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (841 total reviews)
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      Ursula von der Leyen

      76% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      European Commission has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 841 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The European Commission employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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      841 reviews
      4.0
      Mar 1, 2016

      Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra

      Contractual agent
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A great opportunity to provide scientific support to European policy making and mix with other European colleagues. Good salary with benefits. Ispra site is set in a lovely environment near the Lake Maggiore.

      Cons

      As with any big organisation it is bureaucratic and slow. Unless you hold a permanent position (increasingly difficult to secure) long-term employment is not an an option for contractual agent positions have a maximum of 6 years. So can be a career cul-de-sac. There are external positions but these have less benefits.

      5.0
      Sep 2, 2015

      A great place to work, because of its mission and people

      Adlinistrator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - it's a public administration, so you work for the general interest, not to enrich the shareholders - Great long-term project - International (EU-only) working environment - motivated and angaed colleagues - high professionalism - great sets of skills and competences (sometime underemployed, though) - great work-life balance conditions - good to great salaries for statutory staff

      Cons

      - it's a public administration, so things can be sometimes slow and very dependent on sometimes unpredictable political decisions - some aspects of its culture are a bit retro (it's not Google...) - the external public would see you as a fat cat on the gravy train

      3.0
      Aug 15, 2015

      Administrative assistant - contract agent FGII/7

      Administrative assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      only internal tax 11%, internal pension fund (only after 10 years of service), 80 to 85% reimbursement of medical bills

      Cons

      no extra legal benefits, no luncheon vouchers, no group insurance, no salary increase since 2008 nor indexation, only half of public transport reimbursed, no double holiday pay, no end of year bonus, extremely late reimbursement of medical bills and very time consuming administration for payment requests and strict administrative rules compared to belgian medical insurance

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