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The Nature Conservancy

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The Nature Conservancy reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(865 total reviews)
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Jennifer Morris

84% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

The Nature Conservancy has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 865 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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865 reviews
2.0
Mar 31, 2015
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Pros

Working to promote conservation, not micromanaged, lots of on the job training, work in beautiful areas protecting and restoring wonderful ecological habitats. Many passionate people work here which was wonderful to experience the camaraderie.

Cons

Lack of HR support, expectations to work extremely long hours, high turnover for a reason, and they will push you towards burnout then reprimand you when it inevitably occurs. One supervisor can make or break the employee. The culture rewards those that learn to do very little, but blow their own horn. After dedicating myself for ten years to the organization, I learned to be very productive and successful which becomes threatening to those who spend their time taking credit for your work.

3.0
Feb 11, 2015

Good cause, diffuse and cloudy execution of mission

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people, on the whole. Good flexibility for telecommuting

Cons

Bureaucratic brains would be more at home in government. Wants to be nimble but isn't. Cloudy focus as organization struggles through identity crisis Organization's carbon footprint due to unnecessary travel must be enormous.

2.0
Dec 30, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Working towards a mission I believe in with some of the best colleagues I’ve ever worked with. 35-hour weeks, though most people worked overtime (unpaid).

Cons

It’s nearly impossible to get a raise or promotion. The marketing division restructures every few years and it feels like you spend more time justifying your job and explaining it to new managers than actually doing work. There are some good managers who support their team but the four managers I had in 6 years were lackluster at best and manipulative at worst. My last manager told me that low wages (a couple thousand above being considered “low income” in my city) is a worthy price to pay for such a great workplace. In my experience, the workload was so heavy that I could rarely take time off as there was no backup for my position. Plus making so little, and having next to no autonomy or authority to actually do my job, it was not a great workplace. After I left I learned how many others had been pushed out and hushed up. 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).

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