Pros were more than cons - Anonymous employee UNHCR Employee Review

Best Mandate to see people of Concerns benefit. opportunity to be in an international team

instability of employment contract and job opportunities

Good benefits, you really do help people

Human Resources takes a highly specialized approach to talent management. In that you cannot really change functions easily in UNHCR. You have to hyper-specialize in one area. So if you are a protection staff, you tend to burn out from trauma without an internal mechanism to alleviate the burnout. The higher you go in UNHCR, the crazier you become.