UNDP reviews

4.0

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,344 total reviews)
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Achim Steiner

85% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

UNDP has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,344 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNDP 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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3.0
Nov 7, 2016

UNDP fantastic

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great mission to implement the SDGS great people do good

Cons

work-life balance management is sometime very unbalanced people

2.0
Sep 20, 2016

Dream place to work is a nightmare

Anonymous employee
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Pros

International staff, highly skilled; Global network and outreach; Brand name; Lovely mission;

Cons

Creme de la creme of international bureaucracy; Slow decision making; Very slow hiring process; Good salary for staff, bad for contracts, volunteers; Unpaid internships; Staff forget the mission of the organization; Myriad of contracts with different benefits and rights under the same roof; Non professional managers; Corporatism oozes; One year contracts renewed at the last minute.

3.0
Jul 1, 2016

Capacity Development Analyst

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to work. Colleagues are wonderful.

Cons

It's sometimes difficult to change step. Service contract holder does not have the same consideration and it's frustrating.

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