Incentive workers' views on UNHCR - Interpreter UNHCR Employee Review

3.0
May 7, 2023
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Pros

It's great to work for UNHCR, it's really nice to help people in need, and it's a great thing that UNHCR also offers their services for free

Cons

Low wages for rewarding incentive workers, lack of discipline and ethics among UNHCR staff, lack of oversight from headquarters, lack of security and concerns, corruption, informal actions of UNHCR staff

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5.0
Mar 17, 2025
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Pros

multicultural work experience open to telework from home some days better benefits for international positions and more opportunities for career growth

Cons

not easy to always have work balance, depending on the position not many opportunities for career growth for local positions

3.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, you really do help people

Cons

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.

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