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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
May 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International atmosphere, you will work with colleagues of different nationalities. Excellent benefits, including health costs reimbursements, travel reimbursements

Cons

Too much bureaucracy that hampers personal initiatives and force people to adhere to the estabilished procedures, leaving little space for innovation and improvement

2.0
Mar 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is OK, but not that high compared to the level of qualification and responsibilities.

Cons

No career development possibilities. No recognition of the work. Huge gap between fonctionnaire and contractual agent status, whereas the responsabilities are the same.

3.0
Feb 27, 2013

European Commission

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to find life/work balance - No stress at all - Multilingual working environment

Cons

The set of skills acquired completely useless outside of the EC

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