Does Equal Exchange pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Equal Exchange employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Equal Exchange. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Equal Exchange?

67% of Equal Exchange employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Equal Exchange 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the pros of working at Equal Exchange according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Equal Exchange according to real employee reviews?

"low salary, no room for growth, disconnected, unorganized, not modern" ((in 3 reviews))

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Equal Exchange Reviews

3.9

67% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Rink Dickinson

62% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture and values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Diversity and inclusion

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Equal Exchange has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Equal Exchange employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

28 reviews

4.0

25 Mar 2025

Good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Worker owner Good benefits Great coffee

Cons

Production work was pretty demanding

4.0

23 May 2024

Great place to work

Import coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Deep relationship with suppliers and committed team

Cons

Not much job progression and opportunities

4.0

21 May 2024

Awesome work, but not a star example of a worker-owned coop.

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

EE builds authentic fair trade supply chains through direct relationships with farming cooperatives around the globe. This fair trade model has real integrity, and you get to work with a lot of great, passionate people. Although the compensation is lower, the benefits are REALLY good, and there are a lot of opportunities for personal education if you work in an office position.

Cons

Although this is technically a worker-owned cooperative, it does not often feel like it with the hierarchical structure. Because of the structure, power is consolidated and not easily challenged, although there are people working to change this. Current leadership has consistently deprioritized democratic advancement, and there are some serious structural issues that perpetuate racism and classism. Again, there are a lot of good people working to challenge these issues, and hopefully in not too long leadership will turn over to make those changes possible.

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