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The Nature Conservancy

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The Nature Conservancy reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(863 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 863 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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863 reviews
2.0
May 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing work location and opportunity to build something out of nothing with great support from the state office.

Cons

The person to whom I directly reported was the son of a conservation big whig in D.C. and was completely incompetent. This person had no former experience with Western culture, wildlife, or ranching and was given a mid-level position after working one season in the position for which I was hired. This person additionally treated the preserve quarters as his personal weekend getaway for him and his girlfriend. They would get stoned and go birdwatching while things needed serious repair and decision-making. Threatened by the highly motivated and task-oriented team we had on board, this individual made attempts to mask our success to the state office. In spite of the glaring lack of qualification for this person to be promoted in any way, shape, or form, he was promoted yet again. It was truly disheartening to witness and made me not want to work in conservation again.

3.0
Dec 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great mission, great teams. Promotes from within.

Cons

CEO prides himself in offering low salaries to employees. Little opportunities to grow if you are in an admin position. Not a diverse organization in terms of minorities and women in upper management positions. Reorganizations are common along with the firings that go along with it, while upper management salaries are way inflated. They are slow to fire inept, ineffective leaders, they take years to do so.

3.0
May 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relatively good salaries and benefits for the nonprofit sector. Good cause and generally efficiently run organization.

Cons

There is great disparity between upper management and "worker bee" salaries. There is a pattern of lay-offs every few years. Despite noble talk about diversity, upper management doesn't really walk the talk. White, Ivy-league males dominate upper management, who are often not held to organizational policies about hiring, posting positions and such--and HR ignores it.

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