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3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(337 total reviews)
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Klaus Schwab

17% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

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2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.5

Culture & values

2.5

Career opportunities

2.1

Senior management

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
3.0
Aug 13, 2012

Unique opportunity to see the world and interact with influential people.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing travel opportunities Great benefits and perks Opportunity to engage with legendary leaders

Cons

Very political Strong culture of fear, particularly in the Geneva office High churn rate at lower levels, lots of institutional knowledge being consistently lost Confusing and ever changing mountain of processes

3.0
Aug 9, 2012

Great Place for having a relaxed life

Project associate
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Pros

Its a great environment. People are chilled out minus the usual office politics. However dont expect to do any real work....unless running a talk shop is real work for u

Cons

There is no link to real world impacts. You are more bothered about a CEO's hotel room than improving the state of the world

1.0
Jun 11, 2012

Great start, lots of promises, no focus on results on value add

Director
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Business Outlook

Pros

- travelling - meeting real world leaders - smart colleagues and learning opportunities - exposure to a wide array of issues - access to people while at the Forum - great brand name on your CV

Cons

- totally unprofessional management: everything revolves around huge egos of senior management, who knows who and there is no transparency around strategy, decisions or roles - senior management consists of faithful soldiers ( people who have been there forever but have no real competency to be in the role) and a few visiting "stars" who quickly leave when they see what it really is about inside the house - hire hugely overqualified people to do simple administrative tasks - unclear strategy and objectives - lacks focus - culture of fear : everybody is worried all the time because there is no clear strategy or objectives, and you can be fired overnight for most random reasons

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