Rainforest Alliance reviews

RA has absolutely no insight capacity, for the past 3-4 years they have been in serious financial strain, and they continue to spend irresponsibly. Some of their leadership layoff/hiring decisions seem to have been complete sabotage on themselves. Managers have no clue on how to handle staff. Feelings and friendships seem to prevail, making this organization a total failure as a workplace. This failed management, which goes to the very top has a very distinct trait. Leadership has chosen (or inherited) certain staff and will only listen to them. Not seeing that these very people distort reality to suit their personal interests, and have made RA spiral down faster than it would have organically due to poor management. There is no strategy and no real business plan. It was very clear in layoffs that occurred in the last 2 years. It seemed to be a few behind closed doors randomly choosing who got laid-off and who didn’t. Only for other departments to complain about being overworked or having good performers being laid off. With the claim that they don’t want to run like a business, they have driven this poor organization into a ditch so deep, it probably will be very hard to dig itself out of.

However, the organization is based on a hierarchy. Due to the limited employment, it is difficult for a employee to go up the management ladder. For positions such like coordinators it is hard for them to take full ownership of the good they do, mainly because the higher ups are often take all ownership.