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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

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
Aug 31, 2013

Blue Book Trainee

Anonymous employee
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Pros

amazing atmosphere to work, great people.

Cons

there is no con of the Commission

3.0
Aug 23, 2013

interesting job, but bureaucracy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good salaries and interesting jobs, nice environement and colleagues from all over Europe

Cons

My boss gave me some chocolates that made me foodsick for 30 minutes, the babyfoot should get a new ball in Berlaymont. Also, pandas.

2.0
Aug 8, 2013

Bureaucratic institution!

Recommend
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Pros

Far above average salary. However, the salary was not link to any output, so it did not matter if you worked well and extra hours or if you just did what you were supposed to do. International atmosphere is rewarding.

Cons

Hierarchical structure that slows down all decision making. After all it is a bureaucratic environment. You do not have any influence in real decision making, the real decision are taken behind closed door. There is no uptake of any suggestions or good ideas. There is literally no promotion perspective, only those persons with "particular" relations to the director will get fast promotion and believe me this is not based on merit!

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