Is Clean Water Action a good company to work for?

Clean Water Action has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 314 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Clean Water Action to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Clean Water Action have been left by employees working as Field Manager , Field Canvasser and Community Organizer .

Does Clean Water Action pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Clean Water Action employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Clean Water Action. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clean Water Action?

60% of Clean Water Action employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Clean Water Action 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Clean Water Action?

Canvasser (51) , Field Canvasser (43) , Community Organizer (21) , Phone Canvasser (19) , Field Manager (18) , Intern (8) , Field Organizer (5) , Manager (5) , Senior Field Manager (5) , Canvass Director (4) , Environmental Advocate (4) , Internship (4) , Phone Canvass Manager (4) , Office Manager (3) , Organizer (3)

What are the pros of working at Clean Water Action according to real employee reviews?

"Other canvassers are great people to meet and easy to get along with" ((in 33 reviews)); "Great staff, opportunities to practice training leadership, interact with a wide variety of people, able to learn some good communication skills and expand knowledge on environmental policy" ((in 16 reviews)); "There are also many opportunities to travel and work in other CWA offices across the country, both within the canvass and with program staff" ((in 9 reviews)); "Most coworkers will be great people who care about the world." ((in 8 reviews)); "A chance to learn and improve communication skills." ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Clean Water Action according to real employee reviews?

"The hours were long and were always in the evening so its definitely took up a lot of my social life." ((in 23 reviews)); "low pay and some positions depend on grant funding" ((in 16 reviews)); "The national canvass management is abusive and toxic." ((in 10 reviews)); "Field managers have to try out a large range of applicants and give them a shot to see if they are a good fit." ((in 7 reviews)); "bad pay no benefits unfortunately" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Clean Water Action locations?

Pittsburgh , Ann Arbor , Minneapolis , Philadelphia , Washington , Montclair , Oakland , Providence , Baltimore , East Lansing , Northampton , Long Branch , Lansing , Austin , Boston , San Francisco , Denver , Belmar , Red Bank , Chicago , Fairfax , New York , Cleveland , Los Angeles , North Providence , Columbia , Phila

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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

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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

3.0

Jul 15, 2019

The workplace culture was amazing, but you have to be prepared to be a canvasser.

Canvasser

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Pros

Working with young people my age, primarily in the "young college student" age range. Usually working with really passionate people who got into canvassing because they genuinely care about the cause. I made friends, and we did a lot of social activities together.

Cons

Asking for money door to door is not an easy job, even if you *are* also educating the public about environmental issues. Some people get really into canvassing though and they genuinely want to be a canvasser and work their way up the company and even travel to canvass around the country...but be warned that you either love it and want to move up and stay there for awhile or you hate it and want out as soon as possible.

4.0

May 2, 2019

A decent job for competitive, passionate, people

Canvasser

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Pros

-awesome community engagement and meeting nice people -Making a difference and feeling proud of the work your canvass crew creates -Passionate work environment with an inclusive atmosphere -Cool coworkers who are extremely passionate -Working downtown -Exercise from the job -Earning bonus -if you're not a morning person this job will work well

Cons

-lack of job security due to having to be let off if you miss quota a certain amount of times -having to earn quota every night to earn the highest wages -if you don't want to canvass your whole life it's hard to move up into further positions -getting put in difficult neighborhoods and still being expected to make quota -since wage is dependent on biweekly performances it is difficult to estimate salary over time -working until 10pm can be rough

1.0

Sep 25, 2017

If you like taking money from random people, this is for you!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of good customer service experience, face to face contact with people, good exercise. Experience coordinating houses to go beg at.

Cons

I myself was told this was a base pay position, obviously it’s not. You are literally going around to houses begging for money, and a good percentage of that earned begging money goes into your pocket. If you enjoy ripping people off I would suggest this Job.

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