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      Environmental Defense Fund

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      Environmental Defense Fund reviews

      4.2

      90% would recommend to a friend

      (272 total reviews)
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      Fred Krupp

      80% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      Environmental Defense Fund has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 272 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Environmental Defense Fund 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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      272 reviews
      4.0
      Apr 14, 2020

      Great Mission, but many pros and cons...

      Project manager
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      Pros

      Great mission, awesome flexibility, annual merit increases, possibility of travel, offices all across the US (and in major cities), ability to work remotely, decent benefits!

      Cons

      Hard to grow professionally internally, no managerial support (no toolkits for those who have direct reports), no transparency on hiring bands (titling and compensation), no consistencies across the organization on processes and procedures as well as compensation and promotions, no pay adjustments for cost-of-living.

      3.0
      Jan 24, 2020

      No growth

      Manager
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      Pros

      Very smart people and great mission. EDF has good benefits and tried to balance work with family and life. Shorter work week and generous vacation.

      Cons

      No growth. There is no career potential here. Promotions are only for leadership. Lot of turnover of bright young staff - they hire from ivy leagues in lowly positions, stymie their growth till they get tired of waiting and leave. Same with middle management - either you are let go because of no funding or because there is no career path.

      4.0
      Nov 28, 2016

      Program Associate

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Incredibly kind, laid back group of people, excellent to work with, friendly and comfortable office environment with a good sense of humor. The company offers a lot of little perks, good benefits, and when you travel, the company puts you up at some of the nicest hotels. The organization is effective at what it does. Overall, I enjoyed working there.

      Cons

      At the organizational level, program staff are treated as individuals while support staff are treated as anonymous and expendable, which I think makes it hard for the organization to retain talented staff at the lower rungs and train them up. Middle and upper operations is dysfunctional and over paid. I'd say that EDF is a GREAT place to work if you are program staff, a GREAT place to work if you are early-career support staff and have lower expectations, but frustrating if you are well-educated in a support position and want to see your education paying off.

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