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4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(561 total reviews)

Kristalina Georgieva

97% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

IMF has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 561 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The IMF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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561 reviews
1.0
Jan 3, 2017

Every stereotype about bureaucrats

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing number of vacation days Pension benefits (if you can stomach being there that long)

Cons

Horrible management Very insular "You're here to do what I say, not to think"

4.0
May 2, 2016

Good for out of grad school, great for Econ (RA)

Research analyst
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IMF is a brand name in economics. Like Coca-Cola to the beverage industry. As a Research Analyst (RA) you'll get a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of country economics and data setups in Excel. You'll get to work with a good number of people and meet enough to build a decent network. You'll probably never get fired. It's 9-5 with every other Friday off. The salary is not bad r even good for junior people like RAs, although DC is expensive. Location is fine or good, depending on what you think of downtown DC. Looks good on a resume, and sounds good when you talk to someone at a bar in DC, but move to another city and no one will have ever heard of the IMF unless they have a background in policy, multilaterals, or economics/finance. Bosses were all very nice.

Cons

There are not many opportunities for advancement at the IMF if you are an RA. You can become an economist if you have a lot of experience, preferably also outside the Fund at a Central Bank or Treasury Department, but it is difficult to get this promotion unless you are seasoned and/or very very good at economics. RA jobs get a little repetitive after a while, since most of what you do is make charts and graphs, and download data, all day. If you are there long enough, you can start to get involved with research or things that economists do, but that didn't appeal too much to me. If you want to make more money, go to a bank but pay the price in hours, stress, and poor management.

4.0
Feb 23, 2016

Good place for any macroeconomist

Economist
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International work environment Travel opportunities Ground zero for macro economists

Cons

Insufficient rigor in much of the day to day economics work Office politics can be an issue Silo working a problem Some morale problems and time serving employees Insufficient respect given to expertise and experience

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