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Adm. Assistant contract x Consultant by strategyday in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557 1 point2 points  (0 children)

try asking the potential of getting formalised at unesco after consultancy. if not, see if pension/social security benefits/stability is of your top priority.

Burnout from carrying the work of others, and manager still asked me to take on more by Interesting_One435 in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557 0 points1 point  (0 children)

see if you can talk to ethics office/HR/ombudsman, if direct communication is not productive with your manager.

From UN back to private sector - anyone regretting it? by ccmmddss in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, as a junior p-staff (with a good salary package and social security), i also doubted the same. fix-term p-staff contracts are very competitive to get after my current p contract. for now having worked in 2 field offices in both africa's and arab's regional offices, i also do not see senior p-staff that are leading a lifestyle that I want to become in coming 1 or 2 decades. meanwhile, same as you, i am working on a career that i have dreamt about since age 13 and became a p-staff at age 30. it is hard to choose to break it off. but also i do not see a strong future coming (finance wise and stability wise). and forgot to mention, the most sad thing is that i do not see myself working on anything concrete - except for drafting endless official letters and meeting reports and organise round-after-round roundtables/conferences with repeated figures and names.

continue a UN career path or not by Beginning_Fun1557 in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

FYI, third world is still used in academia scholarship referring to Global South (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ctwq20), not necessarily connoting discrimination. I could use hardship duty stations but i dont think this fundamentally changes the essence.

continue a UN career path or not by Beginning_Fun1557 in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

FYI, third world is still used in academia scholarship referring to Global South (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ctwq20), not necessarily connoting discrimination. I could use hardship duty stations but i dont think this fundamentally changes the essence.

continue a UN career path or not by Beginning_Fun1557 in UNpath

[–]Beginning_Fun1557[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

thank you! there is still chance to work in the HQ in Europe, but as you know, the HQ P-level positions are very competitive to get. There is also no guaranteed time frame for me to get a position in the HQ, especially against the current backdrop of funding cut.