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3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(260 total reviews)

Robert Wendelgass

49% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Clean Water Action has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 260 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clean Water Action 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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260 reviews
2.0
Mar 31, 2014
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Pros

I find it very difficult to find the pros. I think the folks in the office are very hard workers. The idea of the organization and its work is honorable. However, it does not transfer into reality. They try to make it a positive environment to the expense of reality. If you've had a bad night, you're supposed to put on a fake face.

Cons

It's not for everyone. You need exceptional communication skills and even then it takes forever to make any money. The leadership and long term employees get the best 'leads.' I worked on the phones. They advertised benefits 'if qualified' but by that they mean if you get enough hours. It's really tough to get a full time position let alone get ahead. All manual calling. You make 100 calls and only 10 will answer. Few will give. Didn't work in the field canvass but if it's this demanding on the phones, the field has to be intense. They go out in the coldest and hottest weather until 10PM, its clearly unsafe. As you can imagine, turnover is exceptionally high. I did ok but it was really a revolving door.

1.0
Feb 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

My first few days felt great. Everyone was very friendly, came from a wide variety of backgrounds. Field managers were helpful and supportive. And then...

Cons

I was only allowed to work two days out in the field after 1.5 days training. When I failed to make quota on either of those days, one of which was in a neighborhood where my trainer also failed to make quota, I was unceremoniously given the axe. No warning, no second chances. Also, I was told when I set up the interview that I would make $400 a week. They didn't tell me it was based on commission and quotas until I had started and left my other job.

3.0
Feb 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

* Nice Management * Great Cause * Decent Pay if you put in the work

Cons

* Not enough safety precaution for black/brown and female canvassers going door to door in predominantly white and conservative neighborhoods. I am a black woman who was consistently assigned to charter these neighborhoods at nighttime, without a flashlight and it was one of the scariest jobs I've ever done. One time, a woman literally screamed bloody mary when she opened the door and saw me standing there with my little clipboard, because her husband was pulling in the driveway at the same time and she thought we were all going to kill her. Situations like that can lead people to reach for their rifle on impulse and point or shoot if they really feel in danger. And honestly since I was constantly alone in the dark, any man could have very easily pulled me into his house and done whatever he wanted to me and nobody would have known where I was. Thankfully it never happened because I quit after the 3rd day. The management (also canvassers) were a couple of middle aged white men so they never have to even bat an eyelash about things like this for themselves (or at least they are less vulnerable in these situations)... but I would have felt so much safer if one of them were walking with me, or if they split Canvassers up into pairs like they did in training.

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