World Bank consultants will receive smaller pay increases than their full-time colleagues for the coming fiscal year, a practice that has upset contractors, harmed morale, and caused friction between the two types of workers.
According to an internal announcements posted on the World Bank’s intranet, seen by Devex, all short-term consultants at the Washington headquarters are eligible for a 3.4% pay increase for the coming fiscal year. But full-time employees are also eligible for an additional 1.5% based on performance, which is not available to consultants.
Pay increases and renewal of short-term workers’ contracts is purely at the discretion of their managers and since they don’t receive performance evaluations, that is usually overlooked.