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Ascend Learning Software Developer reviews

3.4

4% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Greg Sebasky

13% approve of CEO

3% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Ascend Learning with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Ascend Learning is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
2.0
Aug 30, 2016

DMV

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours and easy parking

Cons

Low bandwidth technical dept. Political infighting, and IT leadership who check the box and simply don't understand modern software development practices

5.0
Feb 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My experience at Ascend is that they give you what you need to do your job and then get out of your way. If you have questions, someone is always there to ask. If you need something to complete a task, just ask. Everyone I have worked with is professional, helpful and friendly. Great benefits and pay.

Cons

In my opinion, there are no cons.

1.0
Mar 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Building that they bought and refinished is nice. They have nice chairs. Parking is not a problem. There is coffee.

Cons

Codebase is bloated, largely procedural and has not been refactored in years nor is it likely that this will ever be made a priority. No coding standards or best practices adhered to- simple bug fixes take 10x longer than they would in a well maintained repo. Words like Git, Composer, Agile, Scrum, MVC or Unit Testing are unfamiliar terms at this company. Small problems and routine maintenance issues like server updates get ignored for months or even years as they are deemed unimportant. Employee concerns about such issues are also ignored out of hand. Senior Dev staff lacks development experience outside the company. Management and Senior Dev staff averse to adopting new technologies or processes. Management unwilling or unable to address workplace or employee problems that could be solved with very basic communication. Overall development team culture is passive aggressive and toxic.

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