Dream place to work is a nightmare - Anonymous employee UNDP Employee Review

2.0
Sep 20, 2016
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.

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