Good organization but quality of work experience can hinge on office leadership or supervisor - Anonymous employee UNICEF Employee Review

4.0
May 6, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Compelling and important cause - Strong brand and a well-resource organization allowing for meaningful and interesting wide range of work - Good entitlement package for staff - The people in general are passionate, committed and nice - Starting to become less tolerant of abuse of authority and maltreatment of staff

Cons

- It is certainly not for everyone. It is highly bureaucratic and a lot of time will be spent on processes - Expect to spend a lot and a lot of time on reporting, and systems, and meetings - Depending on leadership, the experience might vary greatly even within the same office as international staff rotate - Maintaining and honoring work life balance is extremely hard - It's an ambitious organization - in a good way- but also is highly demanding of its employees [a lot of right things will be said about staff wellbeing but in reality, you will be expected to do quite the impossible]

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5.0
May 15, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

-great exposure to a UN agency with one of the strongest and clearest mandates

Cons

-the exposure and experience does not make up for the fact that interns are unpaid

1.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great at marketing and spewing do-good messaging Good benefits and pay for international staff

Cons

Nepotistic staff treatment Incompetency is tolerated provided you suck-up to the right people Arrogance and some people go around pretending to be saviors

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