UNICEF reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,360 total reviews)
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Catherine M. Russell

68% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

UNICEF has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,360 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNICEF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit e ONG industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Feb 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

UNICEF as a not for profit organisation is incredible, they do great work and the teams of people behind it are highly dedicated to the cause and will always go out of their way to make a really big difference.

Cons

The management in New Zealand is in real need of a shape up, poor communication and HR policies and very questionable hiring.

3.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Mission, long history of working for children around the world, largest field presence among UN agencies. in many countries, UNICEF is THE "partner of choice" for children related programs and projects. Many highly committed staff who work really hard for the organization's mission.

Cons

A huge bureaucratic beast - most of the processes and procedures haven't kept up with the changing landscape of time and development world. HR function is the worst. Slow, inefficient and HR posts are held by people who have been with organization for too long with waning motivation and interests in making thing s more efficient and helpful for people. Most managers are promoted from their technical positions who may or may not necessarily have ANY management skills or background. Poor management is rampant but interestingly, once you make it to manager level, especially to Representative or Deputy Representative level, you can't be fired. If a Rep messes up in one country, there's no consequence, s/he is just moved to another country, same Rep job... No accountability whatsoever. Technical staff, especially mid-level end up working like donkeys with little or no career development path. It's still a boys, medical doctor club in most offices. There's no mechanism to provide feedback. If you challenge management or disagree with the direction, there's no culture for healthy debate or discussion. Nobody wants to rock the boat and lose the job (they'll find a way to "abolish" your job if they don't like you) so people end up staying but miserable and nobody wins.

3.0
Jul 26, 2013

mission need to be reinvented

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

renown internationally UN specialized in child protection, comfortable status for employees, good opening and international network, possibility to find jobs at international level, mobility

Cons

bureaucratic in the sense of very individualized type of bureaucracy, allowing abuses of power. Fragility of staff assessment: both positive and negative attitudes of the staff may be treated easily in an unfair manner.

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