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3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(337 total reviews)
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Klaus Schwab

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34% positive business outlook

World Economic Forum has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 337 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The World Economic Forum 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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337 reviews
4.0
May 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Depending on the team you join, this can be an incredibly interesting and rewarding place to work. Comfortable and family friendly, and opportunities for development of soft skills. High level of autonomy and perks such as travel and exposure to high level executives mean that you get out of this organization what you put in.

Cons

Difficult to translate your work into the outside world, and high degree of ambiguity.

2.0
Jan 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Figure out the region or industry you're passionate about, join the corresponding team, and build your address book for a few years. Then move on. You will meet some fantastic colleagues and consultants from all over the world, this is the best you can get out of your day-to-day work at the Forum, in addition to direct access to partners and constituents. Learn from all of them. Join the Forum through the Global Leadership Fellow programme, you will gain exposure to world-class education while being employed. You can leave upon graduation. Nice premises, good food, free coffee.

Cons

Very little impact of the organization, too much arrogance. This entity organizes VIP events, nothing else. Absolutely no consideration nor reward for junior and mid-level staff. You're just the next one in line. Don't plan a career there, it's not the point. Try to find your niche within the organization linked to your passion or expertise, and give yourself a few years. Then go. Run away from projects branded as the next big thing by the Chairman, they're too unsustainable, badly managed, and subject to constant change, when they're not purely and simply cancelled over time. This organization suffers from an over-concentration of decision-making power in the hands of its founder and current Chairman (for more than 40 years). It prevents it from reforming and modernizing itself. It's one of its biggest long-term risk.

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