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20 reviews
4.0
1 Oct 2023

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Working along highly professional and passionate colleagues.

Cons

Long working hours, over weekends, high burnout rate among employees

4.0
5 Jan 2024

Great mission

Anonymous employee
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Fantastic mandate and great colleagues. By not being that "big", compared to other international organizations, room to be creative and implement new ideas in the workplace.

Cons

Heavy workloads and limited people to respond to them.

4.0
29 Oct 2023

Pros and cons with IFRC

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Great mandate and Humanitarian imperative. Close to communities on the ground with National Societies. Great colleagues from all walks of life and the work is varying from day to day.

Cons

Archaic, inefficient admin and finance procedures. Gender equality and diversity within high-levels of the organisation is absent with no clear active strategy for change apart from a women in Humanitarian leadership group that is not tasked with any real outcomes. Benefits package is less than UN and other comparable organizations.

5.0
28 Mar 2024
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Excellent mission and mandate, great colleagues with a lot of experience and expertise.

Cons

Lack of job security especially for national staff.

4.0
2 Dec 2024

Great atmosphere

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Great atmosphere and supportive colleagues

Cons

Job insecurity due to funding but one can apply for posts advertised elsewhere and get considered

3.0
15 Aug 2024

Overall a good place to grow

Anonymous employee
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-Work supports a noble cause -Friendly and helpful colleagues -Opportunities for development and travel

Cons

-Almost everyone is overworked, burnout is frequent -Bureaucracy inhibits efficient workflows -Many positions are short-term, job security is lacking

2.0
8 Mar 2024

Short term contract at IFRC

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Excellent induction program. Good career opportunities.

Cons

Poorly paid The SG expected his team to be present in the office during COVID time. Lack of respect from SG. Work hours up to very late at night. Hard to have extra time acknowledge. Huge pressure from colleagues and HR to drop the claim for extra time compensation. My probation period was not approved because I refused to work late every day, even though I was working over 9 hours daily for a salary that wasn't up to the position. Micro-management.

4.0
8 Aug 2024

Good place to work

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Colleagues are great, people are driven for good reasons. Wage is good. I value my position with IFRC.

Cons

Better integration with other departments would be good.

5.0
18 Feb 2024
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International environment, good workplace, access to information, support from the colleagues.

Cons

Short contracts with renew near the end.

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