Does European Commission pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, European Commission employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at European Commission. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at European Commission?

88% of European Commission employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated European Commission 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at European Commission?

Blue Book Trainee (163) , Policy Officer (80) , Bluebook Trainee (67) , Intern (39) , Administrative Assistant (36) , Project Officer (35) , Project Manager (32) , Policy Assistant (24) , Blue Book Traineeship (18) , Graduate Trainee (18) , Contract Agent IV (16) , Internship (15) , Stagiaire (14) , Administrator (11) , Legal Officer (11)

What are the pros of working at European Commission according to real employee reviews?

"Work schedule is reasonably flexible and the benefits are good." ((in 47 reviews)); "Great working environment and mentoring" ((in 42 reviews)); "Nice atmosphere and people." ((in 42 reviews)); "The work/life balance is good and the option to work part of your time remotely is great." ((in 38 reviews)); "Great opportunity to find out what it's like working at an EU agency before trying for an EPSO competition" ((in 37 reviews))

What are the cons of working at European Commission according to real employee reviews?

"no career opportunities for contract agents" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours and t0o much paper work." ((in 15 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy and very often changes in the strategic work plans." ((in 14 reviews)); "Very rigid hierarchical structure, many procedures and processes in place, micromanagement by many managers, often you do what is required and not what you sense right, you are forced to work from 9" ((in 10 reviews)); "Office politics reign supreme above competence." ((in 7 reviews))

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4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(841 total reviews)

Ursula von der Leyen

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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

2.0

Mar 21, 2013

Contractual agent in the European Commission

Policy officer

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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.

1.0

Dec 18, 2021

Interesting work, horrible HR policy

Senior policy officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting responsibilities but terrible HR policy that does not value high performers or retaining top talent.

Cons

Working for the EU is past the good old glory days. HR policies that are focused on cutting personnel costs as much as possible due to the lack of budgets are turning the EU in a terrible, undesirable employer. Also, the huge amounts of work and understaffed teams mean that employees are stretched across long working hours, until very late in the evenings. Official working hours do not matter, what matters is that the huge workload is processed, even if that means working evenings and weekends (without any compensation).

1.0

Jun 30, 2015

Not worth it to work for EU

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High salary, excellent benefits and lots of vacation days

Cons

High nepotism in managing. The higher the position, the less they work. Lots of public employees spending public money.

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