Is IMF a good company to work for?

IMF has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 760 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 83% of employees would recommend working at IMF to a friend and 86% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about IMF have been left by employees working as Research Assistant , Research Analyst and Economist .

Does IMF pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, IMF employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at IMF. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at IMF?

83% of IMF employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated IMF 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IMF?

Research Analyst (80) , Research Assistant (63) , Economist (56) , Staff Assistant (46) , Senior Economist (19) , Analyst (14) , Intern (14) , Administrative Assistant (13) , Research Officer (10) , Advisor (9) , Extern (8) , Summer Intern (8) , Administrative Coordinator (6) , Officer (6) , Manager (5)

What are the pros of working at IMF according to real employee reviews?

"The workload is not very demanding and it has pretty good benefits." ((in 114 reviews)); "One gets to work with Incredibly smart people and is intellectually challenged every day." ((in 54 reviews)); "Great colleagues and atmosphere." ((in 40 reviews)); "It offers good work life balance" ((in 32 reviews)); "Competitive salaries" ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IMF according to real employee reviews?

"Slow career progression but that is the same around international org" ((in 14 reviews)); "Bad management and poor guiding." ((in 13 reviews)); "Long hours, bureaucratic, competitive, and" ((in 7 reviews)); "Staff file complaints against abusive managers and nothing happens." ((in 3 reviews)); "Low morale" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed IMF locations?

Washington , New York , Los Angeles , Fairfax , Chico , Bethesda , Potomac , Miami , McLean , Togo , Germany

IMF reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(94 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

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3.0

Jul 19, 2013

Not bad but could be better

Staff assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing benefits Competitive salary Laid back environment

Cons

No opportunities for advancement especially if you start out as a staff assistant

4.0

Apr 14, 2013

Working environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global environment. Great cross-cultural experience. Multilingual and highly educated staff. Support personnel now has a Bachelor's degree and some have Masters. Opportunity to travel doing mission work that gives a person opportunity to see the world. Many people are multilingual. I used daily 3 of the 5 languages I know. I worked in a department that had people from Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and everybody got along well. People are fer hard working and dedicated to their professions. Excellent benefits including 26 working days vacation. People with G4 visa get a home leave package that is incredible and have more flexibility in taking their leave together.

Cons

Salary structure somewhat unflexible. It is very difficult to move from a support staff role to a managerial one even though the person has the education to get the management job. Some divisions within a department are run according to the Division Chief management style and 99% of the departments are run by economists that most of the time know economics but have little HR knowledge. Mission work is grueling and intense, almost no free time to oneself and work goes on day, night and weekends. Even though vacation is great, it is difficult to take time off due to work commitment. It appeared to me that foreign staff had less problems getting a month off than US citizens working at the Fund.

3.0

Feb 19, 2013

There is room for improvement

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Balanced worklife Competitive pay rate Respectful people

Cons

Advancement is tough especially when one starts out as an assistant

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