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Everything about this company screams idealistic and driven - CI is a very forward-thinking group with a lot of potential to make a dramatic impact in the realm of international conservation and development. Opportunities for advancement from within are often significant as of late due to high turnover of employees, but they struggle to retain talent and often are reluctant to advance individuals from entry-level to more senior positions without a decent amount of corporate networking.

That said, this is a great group and, less a few of the management staff, are excellent people to work with.

CI has a good mission at heart and it's hard to think of a mission more important than preserving the planet.  But CI has struggled to recognize and promote from within and has a huge turnover problem as a result.  There was a problem with management bullying which was addressed after an expose was published and they now have an ombudsman program so you can report anonymously if there is an issue in your management chain.  They proudly trot this out at every all staff meeting as if the issue has been magically resolved.  Those of us who are not naïve are still biting our tongues.

There is a constant swirl of new research and projects here, making CI exciting to work for. There is a global diversity among the employees, an inspiring management team, and heavy workload. Experience is dependent on what area you are working in. Communication can be somewhat complacent but occasionally open-minded.

A typical day at work was fun, people treated you nice and respected you as a person.  I learned a lot about shipping materials out of the country.
The most hardest part of the job was trying to mover up in the company.

Productive fun place. Everyone is passionate about their jobs. 
A typical day for an intern consisted of time working alone. The workplace culture could be more inclusive for interns.

Good and interesting workplace with some very inspiring colleagues. 
Sometimes managers are very talented but do not have management skills, few opportunities to move up, usually need to go back to school and find opportunities at other orgs.

It has cool project, thematic areas and organizational vision but the uncertainty, luck of transparency in major decisions makes employees uneasy. Its fund raising capacity seems shaky of late.   

I was constantly surrounded by people who were passionate about the environment and truly loved coming to work each day. A lot of room for growth and development

it is so great to work for a well rounded company. they are flexible with work schedules as well as understand personal matters it is great to have a staff team that is dedicated to the cause.

Friendly people and collaborative. Very structured and promotions did not come at the level that I worked and review process not strong. Great location outside of DC.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Director 3 salaries reported	$120,667 per year
Coordinator 3 salaries reported	$55,833 per year
Manager 5 salaries reported	$70,100 per year
Intern 1 salary reported	$22.75 per hour
Senior director 3 salaries reported	$167,000 per year

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