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Sinking Ship - Anonymous employee Rainforest Alliance Employee Review

1.0
May 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Impressive track record of innovative solutions to thorny environmental problems and good work in the field; nice benefits

Cons

In financial distress; significant layoffs for second year in a row (10+% of staff each year); weak leadership; outsized overheads; systemic budget issues ignored by Board year after year; new President spends most of his time jetting around globe--talks vision and tweets but no management apparent; no CF0 for over a year; budgeting by magical thinking and bullying.

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5.0
Aug 22, 2023
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Pros

Super cool work and really interesting team members. Operations on ground that you can visit Visible impact in the private sector

Cons

Unsure about impact it actually makes

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Rainforest Alliance has an amazing mission and started with the right intentions. The employees of RA do care deeply for RA’s mission and want fo make a difference. Global environment and diverse workforce. Benefits are good. Remote work and resilience day policy is great!

Cons

Leadership team needs to get their act together. The power play and tension at the top level is very evident and is eroding the value of RA. The impulse is to act first and then think. Constant restructuring is causing a lot of disengagement among staff. the leadership does not seem to learn from the past and make the same mistakes again and again. Centralize, decentralize and centralize is how each new leader approaches their portfolios.

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