Working at World Bank in Washington, DC: 22 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Washington, DC Area

"an organization where mediocre leadership and management are at the helm, mediocre staff rises to the top. At best, this will lead to half-backed costly technical solutions and most of the time unsuccessful and problematic solutions. Team leaders who lack integrity will not endure the test of time. It doesn’t matter how affable, persuasive, or savvy they are in office politics, if they are prone to rationalizing unethical behavior based upon current or future needs they will eventually fall prey to their own undoing Self-Serving Nature: If a leader doesn’t understand the concept of “service above self” they will not engender the trust, confidence, and loyalty of those they lead. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. An over abundance of ego, pride, and arrogance are not positive leadership traits. Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinate, game over."

"A toxic culture full of mediocre managers and team leaders who abuse the competent and honest staff. Senior Program Manager - Washington, DC. HR is a back-office function that supports the incompetent managers (mostly political hires) and does not matter. Pros: Contractors get to stick around become a staff and get their green cards Cons: Non-inclusive, lacking in consideration, courtesy, and dignity for others, bullying, harassment and hostility, no career path, and no advancement"

"Great place to work, fun and challenging. Supports skills and career growth"

"Good policies and working environment."

"One of the greatest places to work in the whole world."

"Working at the World Bank Group was very positive and beneficial."

"Great company to work for Big size company Can be relaxed or busy while having your own time at work"

"I've worked for the World Bank Group since 2015. It is the best and most established supranational entity with no peers as a close competitor. Like any other financial institution, however, it has the produce more for less culture."

"WBG is a global corporation that works in making peoples life better. I feel fortunate to work for world bank group and help support and implement technology to various teams to enable them to do what they do best."

"great objective, super-smart employees and a lot of opportunities to work on great projects."

"Excellent place to work. Staff are diverse from all parts of the world. I was employed there for 20 years and enjoyed it mostly. Like any other job, there are some ups and downs, but it was mostly favorable for me. I recommend the World Bank for prospective candidates."

"Lots of benefits. Not a really fast pace environment so you can have a really good work/personal life balance."

"I have worked in IFC, World Bank for 4 years and it is a very big organization. I have learnt a lot from this organization and all managers and colleagues are friendly in nature."

"The World Bank is an interesting place. It has always been very political and right now is going under a big reorganization. You only get in if you know someone. The pay is good, but somehow they don't know how to keep employees, and they let bosses treat employees any way they want."

"Pro - Great mission, interesting and challenging work, knowledgeable colleagues. Con - long hours, tough to get permanent positions."