Oxfam Reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,671 total reviews)
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Mark Goldring

70% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Oxfam has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,671 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oxfam employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
11 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work from anywhere Good pay Nice work colleagues Rewarding work, dream company, inspiring, learning environment

Cons

Politics with management Corruption, favouritism Assessing people based on who likes who over who’s really great at work No upward mobility unless you make friends with an executive Management are inexperienced (not all) and untrained Executive do not listen to upper management Lack of transparency and accountability Hierarchical, archaic leading to things never resolving, everything escalating with no accountability and no shared working and incredible silos. Silos also do help management control everyone.

5.0
24 Aug 2025

Oxfam

Recommend
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Pros

supportive, creative autonomy, incredible team

Cons

at times restrictive working within the parameters of Fair Trade

3.0
19 Feb 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-The organisation does fantastic work globally and the projects are well thought, community-lead and address deep-seated issues -Attracts good people that are willing to do the hard work -Appropriate salary and good benefits especially for parents -Leave policies are humane

Cons

-Management is out of touch and seem to not really listen to issues raised by staff -Questionable HR -Not immune to nepotism -Becoming more corporate in practice -High staff turnover

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