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      4.0

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (798 total reviews)
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      Cindy McCain

      61% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Senior management

      World Food Programme has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 798 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The World Food Programme 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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      798 reviews
      1.0
      Dec 30, 2021

      Toxic environment and poor leadership

      Knowledge manager
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      Pros

      Friendly colleagues, some good gems. Salary on average above market rates.

      Cons

      - Toxic leadership - Career based not on merit - Personnel selection based on nepotism. It took me 4 months to fire a person that did not even turn on his computer - I had a deputy director that forced me to hire a person she wanted and after I raised my concerns I faced mobbing - Toxic environment, if you keep your integrity then you become the problem - on average quality of employees is significantly below average, most people would be unemployed in the private sector - lots of incompetent people doing nothing and protected by leadership cause firing is impossible. Best thing is that when they want to get rid of them usually they promote them.

      4.0
      Mar 20, 2017

      Good organization with a strong mission.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The organization has a strong mission, and the benefits package is very generous compared to even most private sector companies. However, to stay in WFP long-term, you realize the compensation is quite high because you are expected to make pretty large personal sacrifices.

      Cons

      The contracts can be short and unstable. The organization is quite reliant on consultants, all of whom have to go on forced contract breaks for 1 month a year just so the organization can say they are not staff (so they can't claim extra benefits). It's definitely a problem in HQ.

      3.0
      Jun 28, 2010

      WFP is not a bad place to work, but work environment represent general moribund United Nations style.

      Security analyst
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      Pros

      Salary is excellent especially taking into account that it is a tax free income.

      Cons

      Typical moribund United Nations approach. Those with good connections in their governments and respective embassies - get jobs and go up very fast, those without - are constantly kept either on short term consultancy contracts or as G staff (administrative assistants).

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