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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

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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
Jul 22, 2017

Hellhole

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working for an organization that does excellent, vital work ensuring the US lives up to the promises of the Constitution.

Cons

The nastiest, most cliquish culture this side of first grade. Brilliant attorneys with a profound mistrust and disdain for anyone not in the legal department. The executive director utters platitudes about "making the values we express externally our internal values as well," but condones and supports the dysfunctional culture that has existed here for decades.

3.0
Apr 17, 2017

Great Organization, Mostly Horrible Management

Communications
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Pros

You are a part of cases that change the world for the better. Every case you work on, you're helping someone who has been screwed over. So educational. The legal department is well-run and does amazing things. ETA: I don't know why Susan Herman, the totally amazing President of the Board, is listed as CEO. She's awesome. The ED - equivalent to CEO - is horrible.

Cons

Most of management, outside of the legal department, is completely inept, including the Executive Director. My first week on the job, we dropped everything to deal with his DUI in the Hamptons. He's of Puerto Rican heritage, yet approved an ad that said "Puerto Rico is just like the U.S." I worked not 50 feet from his office for 4 years, was in numerous meetings with him, and when I ran into him on the train a month after I left and said hello, he didn't have any clue who I was. It just gets worse from there on down – except the legal folks, they are awesome.

2.0
Oct 2, 2017

Managerial Role

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The ACLU has a decent benefits program with a good work/life balance (most of the time).

Cons

The organization lacks consistent and cohesive managerial leadership resulting a wide variety of expectations through different business units. The organization is S L O W in reacting to changes the current trends of operational support (HR, IT, Finance)

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