Professional dead end - Anonymous employee United Nations Employee Review

1.0
20 Jun 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Until the most recent hiring freezes and cuts, a relatively stable job.

Cons

The organization is run as a giant patronage mill. There is no accountability, especially of management, whom are free to be abusive to staff and hire cronies without any risk of reprisal. These same managers often hire people of below average intelligence because they'll do what they're told and are just happy to have a job. If you went to graduate school, don't expect to use your education. Do expect any number of menial tasks. Oh, and if you dare suggest a better way to do things, such as how the rest of the world actually has done things within the past 20 years, you'll be shunned professionally.

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