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      Equal Exchange Reviews

      3.9

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (28 total reviews)
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      Rink Dickinson

      62% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      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).

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      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
      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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