Rainforest Alliance reviews

There are a plethora of inefficiencies, from IT and systems to general work flow. High turnover rate. The vast majority of managers are poor leaders and have little to no management training or experience. Upper management does not value staff or care about employee retention or satisfaction. No opportunities for growth.

Support services are generally poor despite the efforts of mid-level staff. Boots-on-the-ground level programs seem to perform in spite of those internal services rather than supported by them. Organizational planning is, on the surface, intended to be transparent and inclusive but presented in such massive 'chunks' as to preclude actual meaningful input. There is a definite feeling of inequity in staff position, low level staff in one division/program seem to have more real responsibility and demonstrable impact that senior managers in other programs/divisions. Organizational follow-through is poor. Massive announcements will be made prematurely (new initiatives, new policies...) and then no results are ever seen. Finally, some decisions seem to be made more for organizational 'politics' than actual rational thought.