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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]World bank is corrupt, ask if you will be expected to sleep with your boss to get a promotion[/quote]

One of my neighbors is a department head at the World Bank making about 180 grans a year ... with an AA degree. He went from a tax guy at H&R to a top player in less than 10 years. People with PHD's in economics report to him.
He travels business/first class paid by the bank and the points he earns in a year is enough for him to go visit his family for free.
It's definitely a strange place.[/quote]

I think your neighbor has a loose relationship with the truth...I don't know about the salary, but I can tell you that I have a family member who works for the WB and they specifically returned to school for a PhD in order to move up in the WB. Without a higher degree it is VERY hard (and could be described as next to impossible) to get a higher level position in today's WB. I also know quite a few people who work for both the WB and IMF - all of them have higher degrees. I can't speak to the culture, but they do get very good benefits and lots of vacation time. However, it can come at the cost of quite a bit of travel (hence the large amount of air miles earned) and long hours.[/quote]

No, it's possible if the person has been at the Bank 15+ years. They used to be a little less insistent on education requirements for certain depts.[/quote]

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