UNDP reviews

4.0

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,344 total reviews)
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Achim Steiner

85% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

UNDP has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,344 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 Gobierno y Administración Pública industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
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
Sep 25, 2025

Decent

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and international exposure.

Cons

Poor management and ethics throughout.

4.0
Sep 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Passion for work at the UN

Cons

Take advantage of us, bad contract, no sick days off, no holiday, push for "wellbeing" while telling us we can't take a sick day and upper management spends 6 weeks per year on holiday

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