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Environmental Defense Fund

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Review of EDF - Development Environmental Defense Fund Employee Review

3.0
Aug 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- intellectual curiosity - mission and results driven - smart and passionate people - capable, respectful executive staff - sense of humor - work/life balance - benefits - open to criticism

Cons

- lack of autonomy - afraid of risks - ageism - gossip and cronies - rarely hires from within - places financial burdens on program budgets - afraid of the new

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5.0
Jun 13, 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Professional development seminars, lots of contact with supervisors, nice office space, flexible hybrid schedule

Cons

Difficult to get return offer post-internship

3.0
Jun 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A community of mission-driven staff who truly care about the planet and the causes that EDF advances. Extremely smart and kind staff. Incredible benefits, including a significant amount of company days off (summer Fridays, org shut-down for one week at the end of August, days off include Veteran's Day and Juneteenth); very generous benefits.

Cons

Out-of-touch top leadership, especially Executive Director, who pretends to be authentic and caring but isn't at all.

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