Highlights
- 5320 colleagues around the world have their say—25% more than in 1995…
- Seven out of ten find their work stimulating or satisfying…
- Nearly every one believes his or her work contributes at least partially to the objectives of the United Nations…
- Staff feel motivated when their skills are properly used…
- But the lack of career and promotion prospects gets them down…
- Two thirds believe that having connections is still the best way to work your way up the career ladder…
- The recruitment system gets the thumbs down…
- More than eight out of ten want to assess their supervisors…
- Only 0.7% of supervisors have a really negative image of their own staff, while almost a quarter are actually impressed by them…
- Around 45% of the answers indicate that the current appraisal system is either a waste of time or counterproductive…
- The Organization’s language courses get full marks...
- As a whole, staff are fairly upbeat about the new mobility policy…
- 62% of the women say that measures taken to improve their situation in the workplace have had no impact at all…
- And 52% of the men agree…
- Half the respondents believe in the current reform, but nearly 30% have no idea ...
- The Organization’s biggest selling point is still its universality…
- Bureaucracy on the other hand remains its main weakness…
- Delivering humanitarian aid is what the UN does best…
- But it needs to do more to fight terrorism and protect our environment…
- Our colleagues from ICTR, UNMIK, UNESCAP, UNICEF and UNECE are the most positive about their contribution to the UN...
- More than 1800 colleagues around the world together write 130 pages of suggestions to improve the UN...
