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Calstart reviews

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).

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

44 reviews
4.0
Dec 15, 2024

Great Mission with Growing Pains

Project manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees are passionate about the work and supportive, opportunities for growth

Cons

Initiatives are siloed and seem to have differing goals, growing pains are evident, not a startup but can feel like working at one

1.0
Jul 28, 2024

Great mission, but lost in space

Project manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, great team, some very good managers, interesting work

Cons

Senior management at the upper levels is lost, decisions are totally outside of reality, communication is poor, no clear direction, goals are never reviewed, milestones move constantly, success never recognized.

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.
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