National Wildlife Federation Employee Reviews about "upper management"
Updated Jan 29, 2018
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Collin O'Mara
20 Ratings
Pros
"Makes for a varied work environment that keeps it interesting and fresh" (in 7 reviews)
"NWF is an organization with a clear vision of its future and it is working hard on figuring out a clear path to get there" (in 7 reviews)
Cons
"Senior management including the CEO, were inefficient and flawed" (in 5 reviews)
"Upper management were sliced and diced under new CEO but many wrong staff were cut" (in 4 reviews)
Reviews about "upper management"
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"Overall good experience"
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I worked at National Wildlife Federation full-time for less than a year
Pros
Great community of people who are passionate about the organization's mission.
Cons
Many changes in upper management and many people laid off.
National Wildlife Federation2016-04-30 - Helpful (5)
"Program Coordinator"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at National Wildlife Federation full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Fun, passionate colleagues Decent benefits package Beautiful office, Family-oriented work culture
Cons
* Limited to no upward mobility * Low salaries, even for a non-profit * Limited bonuses * Performance review process is faulty and lacks recourse for employees * No management training; across the board, upper management lacks supervisory skills * Competition among departments rather than collaboration * Blatant, unequal treatment of employees by supervisors * Generational gap between upper management and the... rest of the office * General office cultural shift after election--used to be more like a family, now it's more like, why aren't we doing more? Why isn't our organization fighting harder? * CEO consistently uses organization for his political career/publicity * Low retention
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"Development"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at National Wildlife Federation full-time for more than a year
Pros
Strong reputation. Passionate members.
Cons
Major identity crisis organization. Struggles finding position between wildlife conservation, outdoorsmen/hunters/anglers, climate change advocates, kids/families outdoors, etc. Can't compete with boots on the ground conservation organizations. Their media spokesperson is now on a pet show. How weird and odd. Upper management were sliced and diced under new CEO but many wrong staff were cut. Lots of in-fighting and... money wasted.
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Figure out your niche and stick to it.
National Wildlife Federation2017-03-16 - Helpful (2)
"Great mission, some nice people, bad place to work"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at National Wildlife Federation
Pros
casual work environment flexible teleworking policy and good PTO some really amazing people work there (or used to)
Cons
no training for new hires no room for growth extremely weak, top-heavy management no communication between departments no transparency from upper management tense work environment with yearly waves of huge layoffs disorganized and confused programming the company consistently spends more money than it brings in.
National Wildlife Federation2014-09-24
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