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36 reviews
5.0
12 Aug 2024

Good benefits

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Pros

Good benefits and welfare. Flexible working

Cons

Low salary and no space for progression

4.0
31 Dec 2025

Overall, great place to work

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Pros

Friendly and enjoyable working environment. Pretty good perks and benefits. Salaries, although often lacking transparency, are nonetheless generally good. The cafeteria is excellent and the whole organisation (at least in Fontainbleau) has a good vibe. It's a driven working environment, but that feels positive rather than overbearing, and it's a source of pride to be working for such a prestigious and globally respected school with incredible alumni.

Cons

Your pay is anchored by your starting salary - if you sell yourself short when you join, you may stay behind the curve for several years, irrespective of performance and promotions. Salary progression significantly rewards length of service over annual performance, despite assertions to the contrary. That's great if you're local and/or planning to work there for decades - less good if you expect to be equitably rewarded and/or promoted for your performance in a given year. This is also reflected in the culture of the organisation - new ideas can sometimes be met with suspicion. Non-French hires to managerial positions should also be aware that France's (excellent) worker protections can also hinder even the most innocuous decision-making, in some contexts. It's quite common not to be able to find budget for something business critical, at the same time that staff are needlessly shuttling between campuses using expensive and environmentally unfriendly means.

5.0
19 Aug 2024

Job scene

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Pros

High salary. Top management folks

Cons

Out of city. Can get a bit lonely at times

3.0
2 Aug 2023
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Pros

1. Dynamic and interesting workplace, it has enormous potentital for growth and development as an organization. 2. Access to great training and professional development opportunities for both INSEAD certifications (very valuable and world wide recognised) and, external training certifciates. 3. Wonderful health insurance 4. Great work-life balance. I truly appreciated that my manager took very seriously the well-being and health of all members in the team, a truly valuable attitude that not all managers know how to develope. 5. Multicultural environment. I personally enjoy this aspect, it presents some challenges, specially when communicating ideas/projects, but at the same time this allows you to develop much better communication skills and professional empathy. 6. Possibility of travelling and work in different campuses (France, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, San Francisco), if you enjoy that. 7. Good salary and bonus scheme.

Cons

1. Operationally, this is a complex organization. Decision-making can become extremely complex and slow due to the involvement of too many teams and different interests and agendas. In many cases this is frustrating, stressful and lot of work ends up being a huge waste of time and resources. 2. For now, career opportunities or advance for instructional designers are poor or null.

4.0
25 Jul 2023

Retirement Village

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Colleagues from diverse background World class benefits Great social committee Interacting with high calibre students regularly Decent work life balance Ilian Mihov leaving and Francisco Veloso taking over in September 2023

Cons

Slow and bureaucratic in decision-making Pathetic to non-existent salary raises that is nowhere near inflation levels Massive budget cuts since COVID-19 pandemic Slow hiring processes to replace departing staff, meaning work gets re-distributed among existing staff for months before someone gets hired

4.0
27 Feb 2024

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INSEAD offers very comprehensive medical benefits, up to 1.65 million annual maximum cap. Coverage extends to your spouse and your child EACH having 1.65million cap. - Hospital charges, surgical procedures, physiotherapy etc can be claimed in full. - Outpatient Healthcare annual maximum up to 15K per year. - Maternity Benefits paid up to 60K per year for complicated in patient and complicated out patient. - Routine physical Exams/Papsmear/ Prostate cancer screening/Mammograms up to 1.2K per year Dental coverage - up to 2K per year There are exclusions too which you have to read in the plan. Leave coverage is decent: - 18 days for your 1-2 year, - 21 days after 2 years, - 25 days after 5 years INSEAD does job mapping so the salary reimbursed is pretty competitive and fair compared to other local companies who try to push down your salary in my opinion. I would say this company is a good place to work in if you have children as the medical benefits is very competitive.

Cons

Depending which department you're in but its generally quite hard to get promoted in here due to the nature of the job roles.

4.0
28 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment, good colleagues, very international, stimulating, professional opportunities. Good salaries for this sector, compared to other business schools.

Cons

If boundaries are difficult for you to manage, you might struggle. One of the best business schools out there and can feel demanding at times,

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