Is The Nature Conservancy a good company to work for?

The Nature Conservancy has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,153 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at The Nature Conservancy to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Nature Conservancy have been left by employees working as Donor Relations Manager , Intern and Conservation Practitioner .

Does The Nature Conservancy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Nature Conservancy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Nature Conservancy. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Nature Conservancy?

72% of The Nature Conservancy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Nature Conservancy 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Nature Conservancy?

Intern (36) , Director (29) , Associate Director of Development (16) , Project Manager (15) , Donor Relations Manager (12) , Conservation Practitioner (10) , Manager (10) , Program Coordinator (10) , Program Director (10) , Coordinator (8) , Operations Coordinator (8) , Program Manager (8) , Scientist (8) , Associate Director (7) , Especialista (7)

What are the pros of working at The Nature Conservancy according to real employee reviews?

"Most of the people are great and very smart and care about the mission." ((in 117 reviews)); "great benefits for a non profit" ((in 100 reviews)); "Conservation impact; many great colleagues to learn from; global impact" ((in 58 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 39 reviews)); "Wonderful mission and great staff." ((in 33 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Nature Conservancy according to real employee reviews?

"The leadership at my team is toxic." ((in 28 reviews)); "The organization refuses to address poor management." ((in 25 reviews)); "Tout a 7 hour work day which I guess is supposed to balance the low salaries." ((in 24 reviews)); "It’s easy for bad managers to hide in the bureaucracy here." ((in 13 reviews)); "long hours (which are simply the result of working for a global organization in my case)" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Nature Conservancy layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Nature Conservancy layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Nature Conservancy in 2026.

What are the top reviewed The Nature Conservancy locations?

Arlington , New York , Washington , San Francisco , Chicago , Seattle , Boston , Boulder , Portland , Wilmington , Los Angeles , Sacramento , Denver , Charlottesville , Madison , Lansing , Minneapolis , Columbus , Miami , Atlanta , Alexandria , Saint Louis , Tucson , Durham , Raleigh , Providence , Bethesda , Orlando , Newark , Salt Lake City

The Nature Conservancy reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(869 total reviews)

Jennifer Morris

84% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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The Nature Conservancy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 869 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Nature Conservancy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

869 reviews

2.0

Mar 26, 2012

Gained some knowledge, but overall unpleasant experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Prestige of the biggest environmental non-profit - Ability to learn from 160 marketers - Good travel and work/life benefits

Cons

- All marketers are working separately rather than as a team to accomplish major goals - Cold and unfriendly colleagues in Arlington headquarters, seems nicer in field - Terrible managers - As Tercek often says, "a dying dinosaur" of an organization that can't adapt well or quickly

1.0

Dec 14, 2023

Poor leaders

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great compliance system and comprehensive SOPs

Cons

Very poor at human management, even though TNC has a sound human management system, the senior managers do not practice them properly. The leaders would remove you if you make reports/complaints on them, or ask you to leave if you have comments on the people they like. HR is not helpful in resolving conflicts as they will ask you to talk to the managers who you are complaining. HR will NOT follow up the conflicts but they just want to close the file quickly. They have the channels for staff to complain to headquarter (WO office) or via some system anonymously, But those people will not follow up with you especially if you are not from the same region, but they will put you at a very embarrassing situation to solve the conflict yourself.

3.0

Mar 14, 2022

Missing job stability

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good infrastructure and good perks.

Cons

Poor governance, singly handed management with zero grievance mechanism

The Nature Conservancy Response

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I’m sorry to hear about the challenges you faced during your experience working with us. Creating a culture that inspires managerial excellence is very important to us as an organization. We’re working hard to continue to provide managers with more tools and training to achieve this. Our Ethics and Compliance department has a variety confidential of ways to report concerns. We want all our employees to feel safe and heard. Please feel free to contact us at recruitig@tnc.org to share more of your experience.

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