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?

77% 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 175 reviews)); "The people are great and passionate about what they do" ((in 157 reviews)); "Good salary and experience overall" ((in 150 reviews)); "Great for CV and great colleagues" ((in 127 reviews)); "Good work environment for beginners" ((in 84 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 111 reviews)); "Management is poor" ((in 49 reviews)); "It is hard to have toxic managers held accountable due to the nature of the org" ((in 24 reviews)); "No job security at all" ((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 23 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

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,244 total reviews)

António Guterres

75% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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United Nations has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,244 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

Oct 23, 2012

Necessary, poorly skilled and almost impossible to penetrate for external job seekers.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People in the field are trying to channel a large amount of funds but the absence of program management capacity does not help to capitalize the real necessities.

Cons

Poor management, duplication of efforts due to internal frictions and competitions for prevalence. Sympathy for those who are putting tons of dollars resourcing apparent altruist projects - please bear in mind you are satisfying the ego of non-altruistic so called professionals. The analogy is simple - to keep my job I need to generate a plan (what plans? it does matter) - if I get this trough I'll be

3.0

Oct 18, 2012

Good Organisation

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One can balance personal and professional life easily that much flexibility is here.

Cons

Management should be strong, they should encourage capable and hard working staff and should provide more career growth opportunities for them.

3.0

Oct 12, 2012

UN

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Multicultural environment with possibility to interact at global level with people of different nationalities and backgrounds

Cons

The possibility to develop within the organization depend on the one hand on the motivation of the individual and on the other hand on the internal politics of the organization

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Necessary, poorly skilled and almost impossible to penetrate for external job seekers.

Good Organisation

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