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Rainforest Alliance reviews

3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(162 total reviews)

Santiago Gowland

75% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Rainforest Alliance has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rainforest Alliance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Agriculture industry (3.7 stars).

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162 reviews
1.0
Sep 30, 2013

Great mission but employees are setup to fail!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is great work that is being done by the people on the ground, period! Unfortunately I can only justify my pros to the better half of the organization since there is a significant divide with upper management.

Cons

As for the other half, there is tremendous turn-over rate, where fixing things is not achievable when all the people you work with is constantly leaving and changing priorities. Every decision has to be approved by the CFO, who is always unavailable and god forbid if you make a decision, you are then punished and on your way out. Most staff are hired as managers with little or no staff or resources since their one job is equivalent to 3 roles, so they end up doing everything and not one thing well. Some areas are really bad to a point that you are expected to commit working everyday till after 9 pm since everyday is an emergency. Upper management does not value their staff and instead of investing in their current employees, they rather hire new people and set you up to quit. They would lie, cheat and stab their staff in the back once they feel they are done with you. Out of all the places I have worked in, this was the worst professional environment.

1.0
Apr 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Health and vacation benefits are really good. The IT department is very knowledgeable. In general, the support staff are fun people who work hard and are great office mates.

Cons

Where to start? There is a complete lack of urgency to get things done and done correctly. Instead of taking some time to evaluate everything that needs to be done and coming up with a work plan, everyone is constantly putting out fires. The worst part is that they freely admitted this to me on my first day. Deadlines for major overhauls and projects got pushed back by months several times, sometimes causing major disruptions in workflow. It is a relatively casual work atmosphere, but some people take it past the point of unprofessional in their attire, language, conversation topics and workspace cleanliness. Pay is below average even for non-profits, however some of the benefits make up for this a bit.

4.0
Jun 19, 2011

Good starting job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

RA has a decent promotion system and lets you know your promotion status on a regular basis. Pay and benefits are fine.

Cons

RA does not distinguish who the best workers are as well as they could. Also getting time off work can be annoying.

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