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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

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
Nov 28, 2016

Program Associate

Anonymous employee
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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.

5.0
Nov 1, 2016

Climate Corps

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great program. Learn to do energy efficiency for private companies.

Cons

Not lots of career opportunities after the fellowship

5.0
Sep 14, 2016

Intern

Recommend
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Pros

Casual working environment, great internship program

Cons

Everyone is too busy with their work and not very accessible.

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