Amplify reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(608 total reviews)
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Larry Berger

73% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Amplify has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 608 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amplify employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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608 reviews
2.0
May 17, 2014

Falling apart

Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a great place to work. Smart people, important industry, meaningful work.

Cons

It seems to be a classic case of small company gets a large investment and doesn't know what to do next. There is virtually not accountability. Teams can go on for years without completing what should be a simple product, and the response from management seems to be just to give them more money. The result should be fairly predictable. The "Learning" organization is a perfect example of this. Over two years into the project, they still didn't have a completed product or even concrete vision so more and more resources got thrown at them. Rampant cronyism results in incompetent "managers" who throw around terms like "MVP", "agile", or "start-up culture", while clearly having no idea what they mean. And while you might think the lack of accountability would mean people play nice with each other (no need to fear getting fired), its probably one of the more vicious organizations in terms of backstabbing and such I have ever seen. Also if you are not in the NY office, you are very limited in what opportunities are available to you, despite their claims to commitment to the other locations.

1.0
Feb 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I was going to list the flexible hours as a "pro," but I believe they're trying to do away with that.

Cons

Poor communication. The recent reorganization creates more problems than it solves--work see-saws between bottlenecked and incompetently spread too thin. Expect to work overtime on "Urgent!!!" projects that never go anywhere. Management is utterly directionless; expect to hear completely opposite directives from different managers within the hour. I never heard an official statement of purpose that lasted longer than a week. Perhaps worst of all, management selectively ignores feedback from employees. Crucial flaws in the product are blithely ignored and then passed on to the end user. Be sure to Google Guilford County before accepting an offer from this company--it's par for the course.

2.0
Apr 23, 2026

Friendly staff and good product overshadowed by toxic culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lower level staff are friendly. The product is good.

Cons

The Customer Experience department is the most toxic department ever. Nepotism is everywhere, and being honest about areas to improve gets you fired. HR isn’t on your side and they let go of amazing talent constantly. They are on the verge of losing market share.

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