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      4.3

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (842 total reviews)
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      Ursula von der Leyen

      76% approve of CEO

      68% 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 842 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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      842 reviews
      4.0
      Mar 4, 2016

      positive

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      professional work of most staff

      Cons

      not enough commitment for career development

      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
      Feb 29, 2016

      Policy Ofifcer

      Policy officer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working for the European Commission means workng with 30 different nationalities, hearing different languages in the corridors, being aware of multiculturalism. There are endless job oportunities in different areas and the salary compensation is very good.

      Cons

      Securing a job in the Commission is not an easy task: you either chose ot work as a contractual agent which means the post is secured for a maximum of 6 years after which there is NO WAY you can stay further; or then you chose to compete against 30.000 Europeans from all over Europe for +-130 posts. The process takes +- a year and there are so many different stages in it that you sometimes forget that you have even enrolled in this battle.

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