The United Nations is an international organization built on a mission to take action on the issues confronting humanity such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, terrorism, gender equality, and more. The United Nations is made up of 193 Member States, and its works and mission are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
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* Thirty days of actual vacation per year--and you really get to disconnect. * Opportunities to live overseas in semi-diplomatic capacities. * Educational benefits for kids through college--partial reimbursement of tuition, etc. * A rental subsidy of up to 40% of your rent; limited duration for HQ, but unlimited duration for field * Tax-free salary for non-US citizens; tax reimbursement for US citizens. * Fascinating colleagues from all over the globe; everyone has a story and you meet amazing people
* Astonishingly antiquated technology stacks leading to career stagnation; developer experience is atrocious and this is not seen as a concern * The organization's central IT group has an adversarial relationship with the departments that depend on it and has unilateral power to prevent most forms of progress * Very low levels of collaboration, trust, optimism, innovation; a culture of power, empire-building and bureaucracy pervades to the detriment of the organization's mission and purpose * Production systems often have no known source code and were written decades ago by staff who have since retired * Everything is under-resourced by orders of magnitude and managers rarely have any technical expertise or capability to act as tech mentors / leaders, and managers pressure staff to deliver in herculean capacities with no recognition or opportunities for promotion * Some offices are physically decrepit and have furniture from the 1950s that are falling apart * Extremely restrictive software development environment drives shadow IT: it is believed to be impossible to write software that officially complies with internal regulations, hence any innovative work is generally considered unsanctioned and unauthorized * Zero interest in embracing DevOps, GitOps, cloud native, or exploring new technologies or trends as means of alleviating pain * Heavy reliance on tech vendors and consultants to drive standards and architectures * Low morale among fellow software engineers; a non-trivial number of software engineers are in therapy or are medicated for depression * There is a clear an unmistakable distinction between "substantive" work and "technical" work that relegates software engineering and technology-related roles to background work; no "seat at the table"
As members of the Santa Barbara-Tri-Counties Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA, we are frequently asked…
The UN Secretary-General issued a statement on Saturday expressing grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Government troops and separatist forces have been locked in conflict since November 2020.