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American Civil Liberties Union reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(257 total reviews)

Susan N. Herman

62% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

American Civil Liberties Union has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 257 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The American Civil Liberties Union employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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257 reviews
1.0
Sep 27, 2017

Operations Associate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

No pros about this job. You could work your butt off and do everything you are told to do and they will still trash talk you. They violated my personal space and treated me like a social experiment. They are racist and are in deep denial of it. They think cause they know a black person or have a few on staff it goes unnoticed. I experienced it first hand.

Cons

Admin wise: They only believe in civil rights for certain types of people. They have antiquated systems and fear change. They don't mind violating employees civil rights. Very toxic and unprofessional environment.

1.0
Apr 23, 2018

Toxic Work Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the staff are good people who actually care about the mission. Unfortunately, there is a high turnover rate because all the good people get fed up and leave.

Cons

- Toxic environment filled with favoritism, nepotism, bullying, gossiping, racism, and incompetence at the leadership level - Low salaries compared to other similar organizations - No work/life balance - Unprofessional office culture

4.0
Apr 24, 2023

Meaningful work, with caveats

Communications strategist
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Pros

Really interesting, high-impact work. In a time of a lot of national uncertainty and toxicity, it felt like we were meaningfully fighting back. I do believe the organization tries to consistently do better, and it's a space that encourages discourse and dissent (which can be exhausting, but is better than the alternative).

Cons

This can be such a weird place to work. There are so many traps to fall into in terms of dynamics with affiliates, relationships with colleagues, etc. Training is limited, so you often don't the rules and norms until you've broken them (and made someone quite angry at you). There's a lot of ego. It's a 100-year-old legal organization at its core, and there's a lot of elitism and toxicity, particularly directed at people who aren't white men who went to Harvard. There's not a lot of accountability for some people (almost exclusively white men) who seem to fail upward.

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