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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
Jul 23, 2014

Educational but bureaucratic

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very informative and international with opportunities to learn a lot about the inner workings of the EU and meet people from all over.

Cons

Be prepared for long hours, and although I was not based in the Brussels HQ, I heard from colleagues they have very few holiday days a year compared to the European norm. Also very bureaucratic, lots of paperwork for everything!

2.0
Jul 8, 2014

Go there to retire!!!

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Pros

- good health-insurance package, good holiday for a Contractual Agent

Cons

Contractual Agents are semi-officials that have less rights than the officials

5.0
Jun 15, 2014

Contractual post as Policy Analyst

Anonymous employee
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Pros

for me it was a great and rewarding experience, a very interesting and diverse portfolio of tasks and responsibilities, lots of freedom for creativity and innovation; great teamwork but it always depends on where and who you work with. I was very lucky with my unit and my boss!

Cons

EC as an institution is burdensome and not fully transparent in terms of administration, human resources etc.

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