International Rescue Committee reviews about "staff"

You make very little money and often work very long hours. It is difficult to separate your personal life from work when you have people that depend on you so heavily. Staff are overworked and there's no capacity for others to step in and help you if you need it. Leadership is out of touch with the day to day of frontline staff.

Too large to be efficient; poor collaboration between departments; leadership when I was there was very competitive with one another and created rifts that were stressful for their staff.

Unfortunately, the HQ upper management makes it a toxic place to work. VPs regularly undercut each other publicly (including at all-team meetings and gossiping negatively with staff), especially when potential job cuts were on the horizon. C-Suite didn't listen to staff concerns about upper management and didn't investigate major departures by dedicated staff who left due to poor management despite their dedication to the mission. Leaders picked favorites, ignoring work performance (excusing mediocre performance in some, having high standards for others), and preferred yes-men over staff who wanted to think more critically about the work. Projects were pushed too quickly, despite concerns that it could be detrimental to clients. Positions given to unqualified internal staff who wouldn't be interviewed for the role as external candidates. Senior leaders (director and above) are more focused on keeping their jobs than the mission and will use lower staff work for their own career growth/safety. DEI didn't seem to apply for senior leader roles, where there was little, if any, diversity.

Standard downsides with humanitarian work. High demand and low pay

None it was amazing truly I loved it

No parking for staff; payment required.