Is International Rescue Committee a good company to work for?

International Rescue Committee has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,222 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at International Rescue Committee to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about International Rescue Committee have been left by employees working as Economic Empowerment , Immigration Intern and Resettlement Intern .

Does International Rescue Committee pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, International Rescue Committee employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at International Rescue Committee. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at International Rescue Committee?

70% of International Rescue Committee employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated International Rescue Committee 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at International Rescue Committee?

Intern (143) , Caseworker (55) , Project Manager (32) , Program Manager (31) , Employment Specialist (27) , Immigration Intern (24) , Program Coordinator (23) , Program Officer (19) , Case Manager (18) , Coordinator (17) , Director (17) , Internship (17) , Manager (15) , Finance Officer (14) , Economic Empowerment Intern (13)

What are the pros of working at International Rescue Committee according to real employee reviews?

"Meet great people committed to the cause and learning better ways to conduct comms work." ((in 151 reviews)); "The environment and colleagues are great!" ((in 88 reviews)); "Great staff and very helpful." ((in 77 reviews)); "Good benefits and some of the people were wonderful to work with" ((in 75 reviews)); "Good work environment and work/life balance" ((in 36 reviews))

What are the cons of working at International Rescue Committee according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low and you will be overworked" ((in 114 reviews)); "Poor Management Structure" ((in 67 reviews)); "The only downside is that it's an unpaid internship and it caters more to privileged individuals who can afford an unpaid internship." ((in 44 reviews)); "Salary is low but encouraging" ((in 43 reviews)); "Reported to an outsourced employee which led to poor leadership and no direction" ((in 36 reviews))

What are employees saying about International Rescue Committee layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed International Rescue Committee locations?

New York , Atlanta , San Diego , Silver Spring , Baltimore , Dallas , Oakland , Salt Lake City , Phoenix , Elizabeth , Washington , Sacramento , Tucson , San Jose , Charlottesville , Seattle , Boise , Richmond , Denver , Los Angeles , Wichita , San Francisco , Miami , Glendale , Abilene , Tallahassee , Turlock , SeaTac , Newark , Lebanon

International Rescue Committee reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(220 total reviews)

David Miliband

73% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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3.0

Jul 23, 2018

The people make the IRC what it is

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The staff at the IRC is diverse and brings to the table so many different perspectives and experiences. Everyone is passionate about social justice and advocating for the rights of refugees. The work is challenging and there is a lot of it. IRC hires many former interns and volunteers.

Cons

Your experience depends on your supervisor and team (some supervisors are better/more attentive than others). As an intern or AmeriCorps, you have to fight to have your voice heard. The political climate makes the work extremely difficult to complete due to severe restrictions in staffing and funding. The refugee resettlement field in general is under attack and it impacts morale of the staff. Little or no work life balance - you are often required to work outside the typical 9-5 schedule.

4.0

Jul 23, 2018

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Senior monitoring and evaluation officer

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Pros

 Data analysis, interpretation and presentation  Data quality audit  Opened Data Kits (ODK/KOBO) data collection tools design and system management  Problem and Solution Tree analysis  Situation Research and Program Evaluation  Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)Plan design  Design of Indicators at every result level  Project Logical Model and Framework design  Results framework design  Data collection tools design, both quantitative and qualitative.  Facilitation skill on training of project staff on data quality and data tools  Training of project staff responsible for data collection on the usage of various data collection tools and other M&E approaches  Training of various project staff on Data quality standard  Establishment of baseline for project indicators through baseline survey  Good Teamwork spirit  Computer information system management

Cons

Staff capacity building is

2.0

Jul 7, 2018

An education in power and politics

Anonymous employee

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Pros

What I say below applies to the New York office.

Cons

This is a hard place for competent and ethical people to succeed in or be happy in. You will see a lot of waste, negligence and abuse. If you are a hard worker and have even basic knowledge/competence for your job, you will end up picking up a huge amount of slack without being rewarded or recognized. You will eventually lose patience over the lack of forward motion and progress on basic organizational improvements, much of which is very simply due to mismanagement and incompetence of decision makers. I personally know at least 5 people from the New York office who left the IRC with serious emotional, mental and physical health/exhaustion issues caused by working at the IRC due to highly unprofessional treatment by managers. I directly witnessed employees who are *former refugees served by the IRC and/or people of color* treated poorly and denied professional growth opportunies after many years of employment, at the hand of people who lack the appropriate cultural awareness and mission-aligned values to be working at the IRC at all, but somehow hold positions of power in the New York office.

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