An excellent place to start your career. - Intern OPCW Employee Review

5.0
Oct 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The OPCW is a fantastic place to work, especially for young graduates seeking to start their careers in international organisations. There are plenty of other interns, meaning that it is incredibly easy to socialise and make friends if you're new in The Hague; the workload is appropriate and rewarding; supervisors are typically quite friendly; and the working environment is great, especially if you are interested in international politics.

Cons

The Hague is a very expensive city, and interns are only paid a stipend of 550 euro.

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5.0
Dec 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Great co-workers -International Environment -Small but effective organisations

Cons

overall a great working environment

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4.0
Feb 12, 2018
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Great co-workers, wonderful exposure to an international environment. I got to work with people from all over the world and was exposed to many elements of UN-affiliated organizations. I was able to help with the executive council and with the Conference of States Parties which I really enjoyed. When I was there, there was a strong commraderie among the interns in all the different divisions. It wasn't officially sponsored by the organization but we usually sat together at lunch and hung out on weekends/evenings. That being said, my department also worked hard to include me.

Cons

A bit unorganized. I relocated to Holland for this internship and was told I would be working in the library. Then when I got there and was shown to my assignment, my 'would-be' supervisor sort of threw a fit and said he 'didn't want any more interns!' Luckily, the HR department handled this very professionally and ended up adopting me for the length of my internship. I shuffled through a few assignments within HR (entitlements and benefits, recruitment, special projects) and that helped me learn a lot. Now I work in HR full time for a nonprofit in the states! Another con would be that a lot of the day to day work was boring and tedious at times (filing and paperwork. But that's sort of the nature of some jobs-especially as an intern-and overall I didn't mind).

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