Is The Nature Conservancy a good company to work for?

The Nature Conservancy has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,154 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at The Nature Conservancy to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Nature Conservancy have been left by employees working as Donor Relations Manager , Intern and Conservation Practitioner .

Does The Nature Conservancy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Nature Conservancy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Nature Conservancy. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Nature Conservancy?

72% of The Nature Conservancy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Nature Conservancy 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Nature Conservancy?

Intern (36) , Director (29) , Associate Director of Development (16) , Project Manager (16) , Donor Relations Manager (12) , Conservation Practitioner (10) , Manager (10) , Program Coordinator (10) , Program Director (10) , Coordinator (8) , Operations Coordinator (8) , Program Manager (8) , Scientist (8) , Associate Director (7) , Especialista (7)

What are the pros of working at The Nature Conservancy according to real employee reviews?

"Most of the people are great and very smart and care about the mission." ((in 116 reviews)); "Conservation impact; many great colleagues to learn from; global impact" ((in 57 reviews)); "Generally good work/life balance (especially compared to other employers) and willing to talk about what employees need." ((in 37 reviews)); "Wonderful mission and great staff." ((in 36 reviews)); "The Conservancy undeniably has a great mission." ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Nature Conservancy according to real employee reviews?

"The leadership at my team is toxic." ((in 30 reviews)); "The organization refuses to address poor management." ((in 25 reviews)); "Tout a 7 hour work day which I guess is supposed to balance the low salaries." ((in 24 reviews)); "It’s toxic and not worth the mental health toll unless you have money from some other source or luck into a team with a good manager (and then pray they never leave)." ((in 13 reviews)); "Training is less of a focus over just diving into the work." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Nature Conservancy layoffs in 2026?

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

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3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(870 total reviews)

Jennifer Morris

84% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

The Nature Conservancy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 870 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Nature Conservancy 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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870 reviews

5.0

Mar 31, 2022

Great place to work for highly motivated people

Science director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pretty much uniformly, everybody's bottom line at TNC is doing good conservation work, not money or ego or internal politics. That makes it a great place to work and ensures that the time and effort you put in as an individual will be magnified through the teams you intersect with.

Cons

Work:life balance can be an issue. Upper management is aware of this and trying to do something about it. So it's not because a huge workload is necessarily expected of everybody. Instead, it's because TNC is a group of people who can't say no... folks are so mission-driven that they take on too much. Formalized prioritization of goals/objectives/work is needed (from org-wide, which is happening, to the individual level, which still needs to happen), with an expectation of offloading work that is lower priority. Much easier said than done!

The Nature Conservancy Response

Thank you for your thoughtful and balanced review. We’re so happy to hear that you know your time and effort are valued. We appreciate the value you see in our priority to support a positive work-life balance. We’ll continue to provide resources to support this, and leadership is working to intentionally review our priorities and projects. We look forward to hearing how you feel about the progress in this area, and thanks again for your feedback.

5.0

Mar 30, 2022

Great place to work

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work. Brilliant creative people.

Cons

Siloed and risk averse at times

The Nature Conservancy Response

Thank you for your review. We’re thrilled to hear that you’re enjoying your experience here. We’re so appreciative to have such passionate and brilliant people working together toward our mission. We believe that providing more focus on tangible outcomes will help unlock the potential of teams to take calculated risks. We appreciate your feedback and wish you a successful career at TNC.

2.0

Mar 24, 2022

not for profit

Vicce president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good team to work with, passionate

Cons

too gov funding reliant, and subservient to a hands-off board

The Nature Conservancy Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Although we’re happy that you’re surrounded by a great team but I’m sorry to hear that your overall experience hasn’t been positive. We’d like to hear more about your experience and ways we can improve. Please contact us at recruiting@tnc.org.

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