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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.

5.0
Apr 12, 2013

Good place to start a non-profit, advocacy career

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Pros

Clean Water Action is a great organization. Fun people to work with, lots of opportunities to advance as a canvasser. Some offices have unions.

Cons

They should work on more opportunities to advance canvassers into other organizing positions. Also could work on recruiting a more diverse group of people.

4.0
Apr 9, 2013
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Pros

Good pay for canvassers, soliciting door-to-door one-time donations instead of trying to get people to sign up for monthly credit card contributions on the street like most canvassing groups, generally a very positive office culture, get good exercise walking every day, working for a good cause, good experience for a non-profit career in the future when coupled with other qualifications, good opportunities to advance to field manager, opportunities to cross-train in other cities which can be a lot of fun and a good learning experience.

Cons

Harder to get donations in the current economy, responsible for meeting a quota, if you do not meet the quota often enough you can be fired, kind of cultish denial of turf having an impact on fundraising and general "drinking of the koolaid," but no more so than you'd get at any canvassing job.

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