Is Environmental Defense Fund a good company to work for?

Environmental Defense Fund has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 455 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 90% of employees would recommend working at Environmental Defense Fund to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Environmental Defense Fund have been left by employees working as Climate Corps Fellow , Intern and Project Manager .

Does Environmental Defense Fund pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Environmental Defense Fund employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Environmental Defense Fund. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Environmental Defense Fund?

90% of Environmental Defense Fund employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Environmental Defense Fund 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Environmental Defense Fund?

Intern (43) , Climate Corps Fellow (23) , Project Manager (19) , Director (11) , Manager (11) , Analyst (8) , Consultant (7) , Program Coordinator (6) , Development Coordinator (4) , Program Assistant (4) , Senior Analyst (4) , Communications Intern (3) , Ingénieur (3) , Research Analyst (3) , Research Fellow (3)

What are the pros of working at Environmental Defense Fund according to real employee reviews?

"Great Organization and people." ((in 47 reviews)); "Pros include a great benefit package." ((in 25 reviews)); "driven colleagues; meaningful work with applications of science in policy; great exposure to innovations in the environmental space" ((in 22 reviews)); "EDF has great and friendly staff" ((in 17 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Environmental Defense Fund according to real employee reviews?

"Management is always willing to listen but not often willing to move on policy which sometimes leaves them behind the curve." ((in 14 reviews)); "Poor management, fails to value and develop junior staff, doesn’t reward good managers, poor managers excel" ((in 11 reviews)); "Unfortunately the pay is low because it is a non" ((in 11 reviews)); "Upper management is completely disconnected from day to day operations and seems to have no clue how to run a company." ((in 10 reviews)); "Maybe one day we can all take home a $890k+ salary like Fred Krupp." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Environmental Defense Fund layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Environmental Defense Fund layoffs and their outlook for job security at Environmental Defense Fund in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Environmental Defense Fund locations?

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Environmental Defense Fund reviews

4.2

90% would recommend to a friend

(272 total reviews)

Fred Krupp

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (272 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

272 reviews

2.0

May 8, 2024

A friendly mess

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people - wonderful coworkers, very friendly managers Amazing work/life balance - fully remote option Good benefits - health & wellness stipend, partial health insurance coverage

Cons

Little to no collaboration or teamwork- I do not feel like I'm a part of a team most of the time. No streamlining for how certain tasks should be completed. Very high turnover - LOTS of resignations after a huge round of layoffs, creating a terrible culture and low morale Terrible pay - no transparency about promotions or raises HR feels like a ghost. Lots of talk, no action; lots of reaching out, no response. CEO does not offer much in the way of promising our financial security after such a rocky 6 months of instability

5.0

May 5, 2024

The Best in the Business

Senior vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong sense of mission. Big thinking. Results focused. Ambitious, smart, kind colleagues.

Cons

Wrestling with how to be effective in amid large shifts in the political and philanthropic landscape.

2.0

May 2, 2024

Good intentions, terrible execution

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* generous flexible schedule, including during the summer half day Fridays then full day Fridays off for about a month each, then a full week off for Employee Appreciation Week * people who really care about the work

Cons

* incredibly top heavy, and worse there's an incredibly frustrating unclear process to get things done and get decisions made. Management is stuck with analysis paralysis, and if you dare take initiative and actually get something done, people suddenly come out of the woodwork to tell you everything you did wrong. And yet zero people give positive direction as you were there struggling to feel your way through blindly. * management is too old and out of touch and yet due to top-heaviness are the very ones makes decisions about things they know nothing about, instead of delegating and trusting the people they hire * CEO has been there since before I was born, and I'm middle aged. It's time for a change * if you do anything remotely related to software or IT or anything modern, stay far far away. Upper management has no idea what technologies are necessary or what best practices are, and even if you yourself do, you're not trusted or empowered to do your job properly * a bit of bias - instead of merit, people in the organization tend to be trusted based on academic or industry affiliation

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