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Good mission in an OK place to work - Project Assistant Inter-American Development Bank Employee Review

3.0
30 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Feeling of fulfillment from having a job that is making positive impacts in developing countries - Strong community feeling, especially if you're from Latin America and new to the city. Most likely some co-workers, within and outside your direct team, will become friends.

Cons

- Extreme bureaucracy and hierarchies, often resulting in delays and inefficiencies - Slow processes - Extreme formality in internal communications - Contractual policies discriminate consultants, which make most of the staff body, in terms of benefits and job security in the mid and long terms - Very hard to impossible to escalate between contracts - In general, not the best salaries

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Inter-American Development Bank Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We work every day to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean, and strive to offer a rewarding and positive experience to all our employees.

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Pros

Excellent benefits, culture and opportunity to make a real impact.

Cons

There is bureaucracy across the organization. Vertical career progression can be slow.

3.0
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Pros

- Good working experiences for LATAM people. - Very talented people from different countries. - Learning opportunities from different projects and resources. - Compensation to my needs is Ok.

Cons

- Some workers extremely overloaded. - Feeling or sense of fake urgency focused on anxiety instead of burocracy removal. - Sending emails or messages after hours and even overnight is NORMALIZED. Because is a sign that you are working more. - Leaving work on time is negatively seen. - There is a need to appear that you are working more than others so staying late, or getting home to work is the rule. - Human resources is not addressing this cultural problems but is silently impacting employees. - Competitive environment that sometimes could be toxic.

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