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3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(44 total reviews)

John Boesel

36% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Senior management

Calstart has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Calstart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

44 reviews
3.0
May 27, 2021

Interesting & Important Work in Clean Transportation

Program manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Openness of ideas with supervisor, and opportunities to explore new projects and initiatives, aligns with core values to improve clean transportation access. HMO-Healthcare included as part of benefits package.

Cons

Day-to-day, the workload is unsustainable. In general, their benefits package is sub-par based on paid parental leave duration, caregiver leave and PTO allocations. Not much transparency in gaining access to some key benefits such as retirement. In general, processes are antiquated with little room for new ideas to streamline processes. The organization is focused on hierarchy and segmentation of departments. Salaries are quite low. Promotions happen infrequently, if at all.

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Calstart Response
5y
Thank you for your review. Your open and transparent approach is helpful. Having doubled in size in less than two years we are admittedly catching up in terms of our benefits and PTO. We have moved the needle a bit but have a way to go! We are rolling out our new leveling guidelines in mere weeks and hope this will demonstrate our focus on fairness and improve the availability of promotions. We are also working toward a more defined and clear org structure that will help with segmentation. We'd love to hear more about the "focus on hierarchy" if you'd like to share more detailed thoughts.
5.0
Apr 8, 2021

Great place to work

Project manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great mission, very interesting projects, friendly & supportive environment, your work has a big impact on the industry, fun place to work

Cons

The pay could be a bit higher. Besides that everything else is great.

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Calstart Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback. We are working every day to make a "big impact" both in the industry and in the employee experience!
4.0
Mar 12, 2021

Great mission driven company

Project manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tons of opportunities and facetime with multiple people in the industry. Opportunities to work on amazing projects and infect real change into clean energy and climate change policy and clean transportation. Mission driven company which makes it easy to get behind. Staff is fantastic. Everyone genuinely likes each other and the dynamics between staff is great. Remote work policy both pre and during COVID is exceptional

Cons

While the benefits are great, the pay is still low comparative to the industry. Structure in terms of upward mobility and position descriptions is pretty undefined, which makes things confusing in terms of advancement of roles.

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Calstart Response
5y
Thank you for the thoughtful feedback. Structure is coming! I'm sure you understand that rolling this out successfully requires a focus that has shifted a bit with COVID-19, but clarification is on the way.
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