Good working environment but many mediocre colleagues - Anonymous employee United Nations Employee Review

3.0
12 Aug 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a nice environment with friendly colleagues, good benefits and wonderful location. Work demand is not too high and you can keep family friendly hours. 6 weeks annual vacation.

Cons

Most people working there are mediocre. Promotion process is not transparent. Performance review process is weak. Political connections are more important than work performance for moving up in the organization.

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