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    Chemonics International Reviews

    Updated June 21, 2018
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    Chemonics International President and CEO Susanna Mudge
    Susanna Mudge
    120 Ratings

    236 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • "Lots of opportunities for recognition and little bonuses" (in 21 reviews)

    • "Great travel opportunities, purpose-driven organization, learn ins and outs of project management" (in 26 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Some teams experience trouble with work/life balance" (in 46 reviews)

    • "long hours, promotions are not transparent, tendency to take advantage of hard workers" (in 19 reviews)

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    1. "Manager B"

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      Former Employee - Manager B in Washington, DC
      Former Employee - Manager B in Washington, DC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Company mission. Passionate, smart co-workers. Great systems and training opportunities. Interesting projects.

      Cons

      The work can be tedious, and there are some long hours required. The home office work can be centered around admin.

      Advice to Management

      Keep investing in the staff.

    2. "Industry leader"

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      Former Employee - Project Manager in Washington, DC
      Former Employee - Project Manager in Washington, DC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Overall, the gold standard in for-profit (contractor) int'l development consulting. Highly organized and systematized. Employee owned with good overall benefits and ESOP.

      Cons

      Usually a lot of competing priorities (proposal development on top of daily project management) and unlikely to be working less than 8 hour days on average in the HQ.

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    3. "A good place to start your career"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities for early career employees. Friendly culture. Decent compensation with clear paths for growth for most people.

      Cons

      After awhile it's just a lot of government paperwork. If you don't mind that, then you'll have no problem.

      Advice to Management

      Everyone in the company knows and repeats this, but here goes again: be more strategic in choosing which new business opportunities to pursue. The "bid on everything" mentality stretches teams thin and burns people out.

    4. "Favoritism"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great start to a career in international development

      Cons

      Low pay and too much work plus favoritism is rampant

    5. "Dont Believe the hype"

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      Current Employee - GTID in Washington, DC
      Current Employee - GTID in Washington, DC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Chemonics International full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Training is encouraged, ability to leave your department for a new one

      Cons

      Polices are archaic, everything from expense reports to HR. No department is responsive HR, IT FM. Not structured for lower tier to move up. All about making manager look good, You can succeed but depends on who you know. Have to brag about your work or no one will acknowledge.

      Advice to Management

      Get rid of them top to bottom and start over

    6. "Upper management terrible with a splash of racism"

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      Former Employee - Associate in Crystal City, VA
      Former Employee - Associate in Crystal City, VA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Employee stock program is pretty awesome

      Cons

      Racist , upper mgmt . 401k , low pay

      Advice to Management

      Change . Some of this folks have been there 20 plus yrs . Need new blood .

    7. "Chemonics is great mgmt is terrible"

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      Former Employee - IT Manager in Arlington, VA
      Former Employee - IT Manager in Arlington, VA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      What the company does . Easy to work hard for this company

      Cons

      No matter how hard you work , they will let you go without warning or explanation

      Advice to Management

      Get new management and HR . Diversity trainging. You just settle a discrimination suite in 2016 . They’re might be another one in 2018

    8. "Direector of Projec Management Unit"

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      Former Employee - Director of PMU in Washington, DC
      Former Employee - Director of PMU in Washington, DC
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      creativity and enthusiasm of the younger staff

      Cons

      Less focus on technical content of projects form the HQ side, too much time spent on business development

    9. "Great company to work for!"

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      Former Employee - Director in Washington, DC
      Former Employee - Director in Washington, DC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Chemonics International full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Varied opportunities, great training, flexibility.

      Cons

      Workload can be challenging at times.

      Advice to Management

      Remain transparent and maintain contact with staff.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Associate"

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      Current Employee - Associate
      Current Employee - Associate
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Chemonics International full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Growth opportunities are plentiful, if you commit the time and energy -- particularly travel, new business development, USAID compliance knowledge, management, etc.

      Cons

      Work load is stressful, induced by the "new business is everyone's business" practice of adding additional business development responsibilities onto already tough workloads.

      Advice to Management

      Senior management needs to think through ways to better retain high-performing manager staff; many are left without clear growth opportunities in the company and leave after feeling their opportunities stop.

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