World Health Organization reviews

In an organization and particularly in the emergency programme like Polio ,it’s the manager who can get a below average worker deliver outstanding and it’s a manager who can make an outstanding worker below average. Outstanding organizations provide conducive and professional environment to their employees, and with grief and sorrow I wish to inform you that the same is getting worst in this organization. Favoritism, autocratic culture and job insecurity is actively prevailing which is resulting in demotivating the employees. Dirty politics is going on. low competency females have given an un due edge because of their closeness to the programme manager. Managers think that they have hired the staff as their personal servants. Admin head leading the technical staff.

As an intern, one does not have the status required to part-take actively in discussions with stakeholders. Moreover, little training is given and tasks related to internship are unclear until you actually take up the job. Then it all depends on what you make out of it and the work connection with your adviser. On the other hand, there's very little chance to land a job or consultancy after the end of the internship (as WHO has a 3 months rule before you are illegible to apply) which doesn't make it worthwhile. I would advise anyone looking for an internship in Geneva to look into: ILO, IOM, IFRC and ICRC (paid internships).