Calstart Reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

John Boesel

36% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Calstart has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Calstart 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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43 reviews
3.0
27 Jan 2025

With gratitude and a few thoughts

Recommend
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Pros

CALSTART's mission matters and thanks to dedicated staff, the community of superb members, and powerful connections throughout North America, it is an impactful and purposeful organization. CALSTART has a unique ability to advance the market through its excellent staff and close collaboration with industry through the membership program. Employees are purpose driven and stay there because of their belief in the mission, the great people, and an earnest desire to build a sustainable, zero-emission transportation future. Some of the best people I've met in my career are from my rich days at CALSTART.

Cons

CALSTART is hiring but also has a large number of people leaving. The CEO has been at CALSTART for more than 30 years. The organization needs fresh new ideas at the top.

2.0
31 May 2012

Mixed

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The mission of the group is to encourage the use of advanced transportation technologies -- from bicycles to long-haul trucks and everything in-between.

Cons

Entrenched senior staff. No opportunity for advancement. A problematic CEO with questionable ethics who doesn't hesitate to take advantage of staff and the law for his own benefit. Will dive into the weeds of staff trying to do their jobs and then take flight but never makes the rain fall for the organization. A VERY niche market presence mostly on taxpayer's dime.

1.0
10 July 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Involvement with green technology in transportation, fuels, vehicles, etc.

Cons

The management is poor, paid way too much for what they do. Agree with other reviews about bad management, HR, etc. Retaliation has been major problem. Probably why company survey was discontinued. Most good people work at remote offices, stay out of sight and keep heads down.

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