Big name not much behind - IT Associate UNHCR Employee Review

3.0
Sep 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Office is close to commuting /transport. Colleagues are usually normal. Offices are fine.

Cons

There is this phrase I heard: UNHCR eats you then spits you out. Salaries if you are among General staff is not as good as you`d expect, pluse there is a lot to do, forget you initial job description ;) No benefits at all. Company rarely support real, effective studies. Budapest office is quite boring.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2025
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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