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Asian Development Bank reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(287 total reviews)
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Masatsugu Asakawa

94% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Asian Development Bank has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 287 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Asian Development Bank employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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287 reviews
3.0
Mar 31, 2017

Good benefits, but culture is soul crushing

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Pros

Great benefits for doing very little work of substance, opportunity to travel and experience many new countries. Ability to become a specialist in other sectors even with no prior training.

Cons

Procurement takes months on end making it difficult to execute projects with quality, technology is about 20 years out of date, extremely hierarchal, many colleagues are territorial, its mission of poverty reduction is more story-telling rather than actual action.

2.0
Nov 10, 2014

Be careful

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good money ,lots of perks, based in Manila, which some people love and some people don't

Cons

an antiquated mind-set re: treatment of employees, useless HR, lots of bullying

3.0
Sep 25, 2013
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Pros

Well-respected institution in Asia. Some high-caliber, motivated staff. Comfortable expat packages. Opportunities to advance quickly if you have a good boss.

Cons

Cumbersome processes so one spends more time writing memos and lobbying for projects internally than making projects better for clients externally. Some dysfunctional departments. Powerful, insular HR that seems to make decisions that don't make sense.

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