UNDP reviews

3.9

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,345 total reviews)
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Achim Steiner

85% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

UNDP has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,345 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNDP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Nov 24, 2025

Assistant to DRR

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment and network opportunities

Cons

Difficult to gain a long-term staff contract

3.0
Nov 24, 2025

Overworked

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- great name recognition on your CV - good exposure

Cons

- Cold colleagues...everyone is overworked and distant, oddly competitive - No boundaries, overworked - I left severely burnt out - Terrible project management, very few people with experience on how to run things efficiently - Smartest dumb people you'll ever work with

4.0
Nov 22, 2025

Salary

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment, People are friendly.

Cons

Bureaucracy, process has to go through different layers of approvals.

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