NSF reviews

2.7

40% would recommend to a friend

(523 total reviews)
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Pedro Sancha

33% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

NSF has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 523 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The NSF employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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523 reviews
2.0
Aug 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The beginning of the position is novel. If you are single and enjoy traveling, you might find the job enjoyable at first. Some of my co-workers were wonderful.

Cons

After COVID, this company started going downhill FAST. They do not care about their workers, their mission, or quality service. The only thing they cared about was revenue and meeting their targets. I also started getting micro-managed like no other, and all my manager wanted from me was to get my audits finished. No one addressed the issues arising from clients not fulfilling their end of the bargain. Although I understand that things change, the lack of consistency between NSF leadership and the clients created a messy and inconsistent process when auditing. The technology is ancient (admittedly, this could have changed by now). I also want to mention that the training I initially had in Ann Arbor was fantastic! I thought the rest of the training was going to be that way. Little did I know that the company would try to save money by having mediocre training. I'm sorry, but having a Zoom call and reading me a PDF file of policies is not training; it's a waste of time. One of the main issues I started realizing with auditing was the lack of pay being paid as a salaried person. Why? Although a company credit card was provided for meals, you're not allowed more than $30 for all three meals, with inflation that is borderline impossible (especially if you have nutrition issues). Traveline altogether, which could take a whole day before starting your work week, is not paid! I did the math one time and realized that I was making under $20 an hour. What is the job's most significant strength from my experience became its biggest weakness. Finally, I was also not paid for spending hours doing and re-doing my schedule. I have heard that AI does that for someone now, which sounds nice; however, I disagree with it. As I previously mentioned, the work-life balance in this job is AWFUL. I was never home, and the company's sole focus is on conducting as many audits as possible. That's exactly what AI will do to schedule people. There is no autonomy at all anymore, and it was part of the reason I left. I understand that there were a few bad apples, but that does not mean that all employees should be treated like little kids.

1.0
Jun 26, 2025

NSF WTF is right

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Handful of good people caught up in a bad company

Cons

Hey you, seen an NSF mark, or an ad somewhere and wondering what the company is all about? Here's it in nutshell NSF -Abuses it's non-profit tax status by diverting funds abroad to build new offices and particularly directly into the pockets of it's executive team and board. -Embarked on a "transformation" in 2020 during the pandemic laying off hundreds at the peak of the pandemic when they previously said those people would be given new jobs, then they laid off the new staff that came in...then laid off the staff that came in after that. Rampant cryonyism ensued. Whole departments are built entirely off who they know. -Has very little to do with public health but sure talks about it a lot. NSF is all about the benjamins and will go after it despite the impact on public health (look up peanut corp of America...NSF client....) - Case in point, NSF has certified a ton of PFAS containing products, now that the winds have blown the other way they have a PFAS-free certification scheme. - A VERY unsafe place to speak up as an employee or offer suggestions to anyone who's a director or above. - Ask yourself, is a company that treats its employees so terribly really care about the public's health? Suuuuure they do.

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