High skill requirements terrible compensation - Fire and Land Management Technician The Nature Conservancy Employee Review

They have high level requirements for education, job trainings, and certifications. The stewardship staff have extremely low unfair compensation for the required skills. The job stability is terrible, most field technicians have to relocate on 6 month intervals to maintain year round work. They advertise career advancement but do not follow through, the management staff usually offers a single course annually at a wildfire academy, and does not keep up with position task books and certifications, this means they can continue to pay you less for the high level skill work you perform. Work life balance is terrible and fire management staff will often work 60- 70 hrs in a week. The company retirement vestment has a 3 year minimum so most of the field staff will not survive the unbearable working conditions and stagnant career developement long enough to become vested. The executive and administrative staff are compensated far better than the field staff.