C40 Reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)
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Mark Watts

65% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

C40 has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The C40 employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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62 reviews
3.0
29 Jun 2021
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Pros

Working on climate change in cities. Salaries are competitive for a nonprofit, most staff really care about what they do and want to collaborate. There’s a relatively horizontal working structure and good support for remote working.

Cons

The leadership team doesn’t seem to have done much to address big issues related to funding and staffing over the past year and everything is left to the last minute. Lots of staff on temp contracts (6-12 months), with inconsistent professional development opportunities and no movement within the pay band even though there's a large gap between bands. Difficulty retaining talent and there’s an attitude that it's easy to just find someone else. Slow progress on diversity and wellbeing asks from staff. Unfortunately problematic behaviour is often ignored. Many people are overworked and experience burnout.

3.0
20 Jun 2021
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Pros

- Fantastic colleagues and thrilling work environment. Everyone is passionate about climate change and this reflects in the work. Great collaborative workplace. - Great opportunity to work with cities across the world with exciting new projects - Very well meaning management team, trying to diversify the workforce - Possibility of fast upward mobility depending on the teams - Great flexibility in terms of working conditions and remote working

Cons

- Most of the staff is non-technical and technical abilities in general are not well valued - Poor leadership, the way the organisation is managed has not changed in the last 3 years despite a huge growth in the number of employees - The organisation is mostly oriented towards comms and political support and does not have a lot of experience in actually implementing programmes that have tangible impacts - Culture of overwork, worse than in similar NGOs in the climate sphere in London - Abysmal HR service - Salaries are advertised as non-negotiable but a significant portion of the employees did negotiate them - No salary progression possible outside of promotions

3.0
7 Apr 2021
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Pros

Flexibility to build up your profile and skills

Cons

Salaries and positions are a bit of a lottery. Some staff arrive with less than 3 years of experience and end up with a high position in very little time. Not always related to performance but good lobbying. The Management Team is not diverse (mostly British/American and with similar backgrounds).

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