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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
      Sep 17, 2012

      European Commission traineeship

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      You get extensive access to the buildings and information programmes of the Commission. You can also be involved in high level projects, especially where the staff is overworked

      Cons

      The bureaucratic nature of the internal organisation of the Commission makes it quite strenuous to acomplish the objectives, you kind of have to become an expert in bureaucracy

      5.0
      Sep 16, 2012

      As good as it gets

      Administrator - policy officer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The stability of public service with possibility for internal job change.

      Cons

      Stability of public service comes at the cost of anonymity to the outside world and lack of potential for individual initiative.

      5.0
      Sep 12, 2012

      Traineeship

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      As a trainee, the European Commission offers to you an enormous opportunity to specialise in a policy sector and to gain valuable understanding of how the EU and the Commission works. Depending on your work ethic, trainees are left to choose the level of depth of their exposure to the policy area they are interested in and a little enthusiasm pays off with many opportunities to learn and work more, for as a trainee time is also short. The balance between work and social life is great and the traineeship is a great way to make new friends and have one of the best chapters of your life, without a doubt.

      Cons

      too short. sometimes you are in a unit that does not really seem to use its trainees very much, other times it's just your supervisor who is not that demanding/interesting. don't let this stop you, time is short, if you don't think you're going to learn much, ask to move.

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