Pros
+ Great people - almost everyone wants to be there to help support educators and make things better for students. + At one point had a great culture - managers were in your corner and trusted you, you were inspired to work hard and help others succeed + Flexible schedule, lots of work from home positions available for more than just sales people. + Had a great culture - you worked hard, and you saw the result of your efforts. Goals were aggressive and growth was expected - but nothing was ever unfair or unobtainable. You loved working with your colleagues and counterparts and actively sought to do more than just your job description.
Cons
- Constant reorganizations and major job eliminations have gutted this company. I was at the company 11 years and took part in 9 reorgs. - Completely clueless and callous executive team - constant cuts to staff and budget, yet requiring aggressive growth despite the losses. None of them have a good divest strategy so they would cut a group down to size and expect them to do their current jobs at maximum efficiency while also taking on more work. They are also surprised when those goals aren't met and when people in those reduced crews decide to leave. - Suspect hires at the mid-manager and senior level over the past few years have lead to a lot of chaos and major turnover. People with seemingly ZERO education experience expecting their teams to change the entire market place to meet their forecasting needs. Or people who were promoted from within and saw major turn over in their direct reports only to be promoted again to manage another team. - What was once a great culture of acceptance and trust turned into one of fear where you never saw any of the senior leaders unless there was an announcement of job eliminations or restructures where everyone (even VP level people) became too afraid of their own shadows to make a decision. - The company also became a place of frequent highly suspect behavior - including lewd and inappropriate behavior that sometimes was blatant and done so in front of an entire room full of other people. So many people - especially senior leaders - came in like a tornado, amassed a ton of inappropriate gossip only to be fired for "undisclosed personal reasons" a year or two later - but unfortunately, almost always after chasing away other people before they themselves were canned. -The company that once prided itself on being brave, decent and imaginative turned into a company that made eliminations to staff/ budget out of fear, treating workers or middle managers with zero respect and compassion and being too unimaginative to really do anything about it.
