CIPD Reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)

Peter Cheese

54% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

CIPD has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CIPD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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139 reviews
4.0
15 Feb 2026

Great org

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Really lovely company to work for

Cons

Senior management can be backwards in their ways

3.0
15 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and good work life balance

Cons

Weak management - unqualified people sitting on D suite level and not understanding how to manage teams on a multicultural environment Weak strategy planning- tone deaf HQ planning weak global strategies for overseas offices and not hearing what the offices actually need

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