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Inter-American Development Bank

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It's a great place to work...if you're not a consultant - Consultant Inter-American Development Bank Employee Review

4.0
25 Apr 2018
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Pros

Great salary and vacation compared to the private sector. You gain invaluable experience working at an international organization. Great work/life balance. More room to be creative and innovative compared to the UN for example.

Cons

Consultants do not get sick leave or personal leave. They have to use vacation leave instead which is just the tip of the iceberg of the list of inequalities between consultants and staff. DTC contracts max out at 4 years and you have to wait a year to return as a TTC for lower pay. Consultants do the same jobs as staff do and get less benefits and less stability. No maternity leave. Ironic when your organization's mission is "Improving lives".

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits, culture and opportunity to make a real impact.

Cons

There is bureaucracy across the organization. Vertical career progression can be slow.

2.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with elitist Spanish speaking Latin Americans who are xenophobic for people that speak other languages, who have processes, paper pushing and career progression as major objective, not real development outcomes (eradicate extreme poverty & improve quality of life in LAC).

Cons

Bureaucracy. Outdated development agency. Abusive to and misclassifying contractors. People who don’t know what they are doing or talking about. Delivers trash projects and pulls impoverished countries further into national debt. Technocratic and too much focus on metrics, not impoverished people’s lived experience.

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