World Economic Forum Reviews

Pros

- Decent work life balance - Travel opportunities - Networking Opportunities

Cons

- Lack of career development opportunities - No sense of direction or strategic vision - Poor work environment (many demotivated colleagues)

Pros

-Great work variety in terms of tasks and projects -Very smart and dedicated people -Young and dynamic workforce -Great work environment

Cons

-Managerial positions are partially taken by people who have no experience managing people -Turnover rate is high and more work needs to be done to retain people, provide training and enable growth within the company -Changes in the overall strategic direction/ focus of the company change very quickly and at least once a year. -Hiring processes take a long time, contract renewal can come down to last minute. -Culture and values should be developed further

Pros

- Beautiful working environment, especially at HQ in Geneva - Some wonderful, motivated and interesting people in lower and middle-positions - Travel to some amazing places - Ability to meet world leaders in a variety of fields - If you play your cards right or go in with specific objectives, this can help your career

Cons

- Climate of fear around the omnipotent chairman/founder, whose decisions are never questioned, even when (as is increasingly the after 4 decades in power) they make no sense - Frequent bullying of junior staff by the upper ranks - Heavy on bullshit-jargon that masks needlessly complicated processes or toothless initiatives - Constant self-reinvention (in theory only, this is purely the Emperor's New Clothes) creates unnecessary stress, malignant competition and fiefs - Managing Board members are either coasting and uninvolved or actively incompetent - Actions do not match expressed values (such as gender parity or ethnic representation, neither of which are on display in the upper ranks) - Small coterie of unqualified old-timers who create blockage - Job descriptions are often extremely misleading: overqualified staff hired for menial jobs which leads to high turnover - Little room to grow - Internal leadership program (Global Leadership Fellows) is a waste of time

Pros

Amazing opportunity to network, a great chance to make friends, no real office culture outside of meeting with curator and other team members.

Cons

Activity of each hub is highly dependent on the nature and zeal of the curator, if there is low group chemistry or an inability for 'shapers' to work together this can lead to a stagnation of action.

Pros

Fast passed, innovative, entrepreneurial, great for people with a go get it attitude. If you have a good idea, chances are you can make it happen. Some nice benefits (health, fitness, nice offices, shuttle bus) Since COVID it has softened and become much more employee focused.

Cons

Bureaucratic, sometimes very hectic, long hours. Business (rather than people) focused

Pros

international, inspiring, work life balance, interesting colleagues, entrepreneurial

Cons

lots of ambiguity and change, processes not clear