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Center for Global Development Reviews

4.3

85% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

Masood Ahmed

93% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Center for Global Development has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Center for Global Development 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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55 reviews
3.0
23 Jun 2026

Good benefits, poor structure

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Pros

They offer great benefits by American standards. 30 days PTO a year, summer Fridays (every 2 weeks), and office closure between Christmas and New Years are nice. The professional development stipend is generous, albeit HR is cracking down on what it can be used for.

Cons

Lack of direction from an institutional and program perspective make the organization seem like a circus at times. Management clearly caters to the senior staff. The associate staff are treated like second class citizens and the pathway to more senior positions is very limited. Raises are laughable with the cost of living in the area. The mandatory 3 days a week in the office is unnecessary and clearly by design of the president's preference for in-person work. Despite denying that they monitor employee movement in the office, they clearly do.

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