Does United Nations pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, United Nations employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at United Nations. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at United Nations?

78% of United Nations employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated United Nations 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at United Nations?

Intern (400) , Consultant (142) , Internship (130) , Administrative Assistant (59) , Project Manager (46) , Research Assistant (30) , Political Affairs Officer (24) , Officer (23) , Political Affairs Intern (19) , Security Officer (18) , Team Assistant (18) , Analyst (16) , Director (16) , Economic Affairs Officer (16) , Finance Assistant (15)

What are the pros of working at United Nations according to real employee reviews?

"stable happy versatile good benefit" ((in 183 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate about what they do" ((in 152 reviews)); "a good salary and traveling by plane" ((in 145 reviews)); "Great for CV and great colleagues" ((in 136 reviews)); "Good work environment for beginners" ((in 86 reviews))

What are the cons of working at United Nations according to real employee reviews?

"The internship is unpaid and probably with rooms of improvement regarding the plan for career guidance" ((in 109 reviews)); "Management is poor" ((in 50 reviews)); "No job security at all" ((in 27 reviews)); "bad managers" ((in 24 reviews)); "Too much bureaucracy and almost impossible to get promoted.It is hard to do things differently due to the bureaucratic nature of the organization." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about United Nations layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about United Nations layoffs and their outlook for job security at United Nations in 2026.

United Nations reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,245 total reviews)

António Guterres

75% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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United Nations has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,245 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The United Nations employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Jul 22, 2014

Unique experience !

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will meet different people from the entire world, multi culture environment. Staff who deployed on the field, can experience kind of events might reflects in their personnel life.

Cons

If you looking for Challenging in your role, think twice before accepting an offer. Most of the technologies used in United Nations are restricted only to the organization, as result if you decide to leave your job in United Nations. It’s difficult to adjust yourself with the current carries market.

4.0

Jul 15, 2014

Internship experience

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very international experience, relaxed working style, interesting work responsibilities

Cons

Almost impossible to stay after the internship, very bureaucratic

4.0

Jul 6, 2014

Interesting work and well-paid, but bureaucratic and long hours

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting work, knowing your work in a small way can help humanity forward - Great, very international work environment - Training for some jobs is amazing - Amazing benefits, both the financial and non-financial benefits - Exit opportunities for legal officers can be very, very good, depending on specialty

Cons

- Very bureaucratic work environment - Some very odd policies (e.g. unpaid international interns -> only rich kids can intern at the UN is a questionable policy to say the least;) - Sometimes very, very long and unpredictable hours

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Unique experience !

Internship experience

Interesting work and well-paid, but bureaucratic and long hours

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