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3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,412 total reviews)
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David Miliband

73% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

International Rescue Committee has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,412 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The International Rescue Committee employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 24, 2017

AmeriCorps

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Pros

Great coworkers who were passionate and worked hard Ability to work independently and own projects Good position for recent college grad to get experience in a nonprofit

Cons

Lack of structure and organization Easily burnt out Low pay

1.0
Sep 19, 2017

Wouldn't recommend it to anybody

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Highly recognised brand, particularly amongst the donor community - Big organisation, so chances to move base, to the field or HQ is greater. - Great work at the field level which can be very motivating. - Crazy workloads - I think I am right now managing the workload of 3 people!

Cons

- Not very diverse at the HQ level, particularly if you looking for POCs who don't speak like 'them', meaning POCs who have been born and brought up in countries other than the US/UK. This, for me, is very telling for an organisation of this size and mission, and reveals a lot about their attitude and HR systems. - Salary scales are average or below average according to the industry standards in UK. - The offices in UK are of absolute poor standard - not enough meeting rooms or toilets. Absolutely no branding of the building, you could walk past it and not know it is IRC's office. I have seen many smaller charities with way more swanky offices and greater branding of their offices. UK office clearly gets a step-child treatment despite raising substantial proportion of the income and having an over 100 staff base. - They keep harping on the point about promoting internal dialogue and discussion, but it is a far cry from truly participatory management style. I hope some brave soul gathers courage one day to ask them about their diversity statistics at the HQ level.

4.0
Sep 14, 2017

Intern

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-You have a direct impact on the well-being of your clients -Working in local office allows you to have impact on your immediate community -Great glimpse at what its like to work in a nonprofit

Cons

-Not a whole lot of direction given from supervisors-- a lot of my work depended on my own initiative -Sometimes work was menial, but that's to be expected in a nonprofit where the work is so critical -Unpaid, which also understandable but limited the amount of time I was able to work there since I had to hold at least one other job to support myself

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