Calstart reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

John Boesel

36% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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5.0
Aug 16, 2022
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- fantastic organization truly changing the world - employees are smart, friendly, driven and supportive - so many good mentors passionate about clean transportation - growing like crazy

Cons

- good salary for a non-profit, but doesn't match industry

3.0
May 27, 2021
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

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!
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