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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
5.0
Jun 21, 2013

Best Job I've Had

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Pros

The staff at Clean Water is awesome. It's great to work with like-minded, intelligent, passionate people everyday. In addition, we work on important campaigns, and we see progress on those campaigns that's directly connected to what we're doing on the job every day, which is extremely rewarding. We also get to give folks a voice to make a difference on issues that are important to them. Often, before we talk to members of the community, they were concerned about an issue but didn't see anyway to get involved. It's great to be part of that solution. Also, the training never really stops, in a good way. I feel I'm constantly learning more about environmental issues (and other progressive issues), which keeps the job feeling fresh. Lastly, it's great to be outside and active everyday rather than stuck inside.

Cons

Weather? There's a question mark there because for me, that's not an issue. But I guess if you're someone looking for a desk job or one where you don't have to be in the elements ever, this would not be the job for you.

1.0
May 1, 2013

The real Clean Water

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Pros

Improving confidence, helping out a good cause, meeting unusual people

Cons

Perspective employees: If you are looking for something secure, low stress, good pay, or something to be a primary job. This job is NOT FOR YOU. If you are looking for a second extra cash side job and don't easily get discouraged then go for it. It can be hard to make staff which affects your job stability, overall job stability is not very secure even if you make "staff", I found it annoying answering before and after each and every shift what are you doing awesome and what can you improve regardless of if you were or were not successful (saying the same thing so many times and explaining why in a different way gets annoying after a few months). High pressure to make quota and you don't really see what happens with the money you collect so it sometimes gets hard to see that you are doing it for a good cause. It can be dangerous working late at night carrying cash. I don't care what is said turf, the economy, and non receptive customers matter. People do not make as much so in a richer area you can make quota, in an environmentally aware area you can make quota, but in certain poorer communities you cannot. Last and biggest problem I had your pay rate is variable. Even if you work all week and have great nights and decent donations you can still have a terrible night where another canvasser was on your turf or you just did not make quota. However, your pay rate is based on how much you made for that week not that day therefore what might have been a good pay rate of above minimum wage is then recalculated for days that you have already worked.

5.0
Apr 18, 2013

A short stay

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Pros

Great work environment, feels good to help, very positive workplace

Cons

No parking, commute inconvenient, hours strange: 2 PM- 10 PM Note: a little dangerous when you're a 17-year-old girl, job requires going door-to-door in the city at night alone while carrying cash****

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