Mercy Corps reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(520 total reviews)
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Tjada D’Oyen McKenna

75% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Mercy Corps has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 520 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mercy Corps 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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520 reviews
4.0
May 23, 2016

A great place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Open, creative culture. Colleagues who really care about their work and are interested in creative problem solving.

Cons

Have a hard time focusing on specific areas, work life balance can be challenging to achieve and maintain

3.0
May 11, 2016

Procurement Officer

Recommend
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Pros

There is good ''First step''place to learn to many informations about departments and important rules in your Professional career. .Also you can get good experiences for work flow,job description and jop purpose .Especially big budget Ngo's are causing your business to be a very fast learning and MC is one of them .workload may be more but there is good effect for your career.

Cons

Less Salary ,unclear information about title level,poor and insufficient training

4.0
May 2, 2016

So far so good!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

So far I have been very happy with Mercy Corps. The organization is very flexible and forward thinking (in terms of its policies and practices around flexible work location, etc.) and I find most everyone is genuine and open to new ideas. That said, I think the openess can be sometimes too open and I now find there is some catch up work in regards to the strategic aspect of this. This seems a bit chaotic in nature but I appreciate the fact that it is an organization that is thinking, talking and trying to challenge themselves. They are in a period of huge growth and are thinking about how to make this happen efficiently and effectively.

Cons

First, the organization consistently describes itself as "relationship-driven" and flat yet I don't get the impression that all employees have access to the people or even know who the key people are. I think MC should consider the messaging here. With exponential growth and a highly decentralized structure this may not, in fact, be the message to send. MC is working on this. Second, growth is good but needs to be managed. I see a lot of efforts in this regard. The organization has recently restructured and is really thinking strategically around this growth. My role is a good example of this. A position that takes a very innovative approach to a traditional field. I appreciate this. Third, I was told so many good things about this organization before joining and these things do hold true. I think our teams and our field work are our biggest assets but don't see us using them as such. I hope to see a bit shift in using this asset to communicate our work to people outside! We are not very well known for such a a large organization which is a pity.

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