World Food Programme Reviews
88% would recommend to a friend
(575 total reviews)
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Updated Nov 28, 2023
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- "Good salary not that good but is the least good thing they got especially WFP Djibouti" (in 51 reviews)
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- 5.0Apr 10, 2023Partnerships ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsEgypt, TX
Pros
World food programme is a Nobel peace prize winner. It’s such an honor to serve its Purpose vision and mission
Cons
Bureaucracy, sometimes it’s challenging to get the work done on time
1 - 4.0Sep 14, 2023DriverFormer Employee
Pros
41k alwance my self medical insuranse CIGNA
Cons
My wife and childerns are leave here in MN
- 4.0Aug 10, 2023ConsultantFormer EmployeeWashington, DC
Pros
Nice colleagues to work with and good environment
Cons
Hard to get a long term contract
- 5.0Feb 5, 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent EmployeeLittle Ethiopia, CA
Pros
CZ IT IS WORLD WIDE COMpany, so to prevent food problems world wide
Cons
there is nothing as it is better company to fight against hunger
- 3.0Apr 19, 2022Senior Software EngineerFormer Employee
Pros
Technology department was a great place to work. Very inclusive and fun teams with great projects. Very progressive and cutting edge in their approach. Good pay and benefits. Great team, very good talent from all over the world. Excellent senior management.
Cons
Some Programme Policy teams and departments (e.g. Pro-P) have very racist people in their teams. Not sure how these people continue to be allowed to function within the organization.
4 - 3.0Jan 9, 2022Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Fulfilling work where you can travel a lot.
Cons
Work you to the bone. Really hard work for little pay and benefits.
- 5.0Nov 14, 2021Business SupportCurrent Employee
Pros
Good salary, good benefits, inclusion, etc
Cons
always in the field for IT jobs
- 3.0Nov 3, 2021Data AnalystCurrent EmployeeDenver, CO
Pros
Good opportunity to travel around
Cons
Not very organized, egos, bad management
- 2.0Jul 1, 2021Server/WaiterFormer EmployeeNew York, NY
Pros
Good benefits nice people good pay
Cons
Rude customers no breaks bad wifi
- 5.0Apr 11, 2021Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
I was working at WFP in Laos. People are friendly, and the work-life balance is good. Pay is also good in terms of the local spending costs.
Cons
Many colleagues are local Laotians and cannot speak English very well
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World Food Programme has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,012 reviews left anonymously by employees. 88% of employees would recommend working at World Food Programme to a friend and 71% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
88% of World Food Programme employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated World Food Programme 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at World Food Programme to be benefits, culture, career development and the cons to be work life balance, management.
