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3.7

56% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

Hadi Partovi

54% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 18, 2022

Not what I hoped

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Pros

The engineers I’ve worked with here are passionate and brilliant- folks in lower levels really care about one another. Additionally, managers understand the importance of taking time off.

Cons

High attrition, disconnected leadership, cultural struggles and a new unifying approach that is anything but unifying. Our culture used to feel inclusive and supportive. A few months ago, the CEO went on an offensive rant (that he has not apologized for) and the company has been reeling ever since. So many folks have left because of these recent events that engineering is painfully thin. Folks join because the mission looks promising on paper. In practice, the company cares more about republican stakeholders and donors than the teachers and students they claim to serve, or even their own employees.

1.0
Jun 12, 2022

Absolutely would not recommend working here

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Pros

Engineering team had many great team members and management. Very supportive of work-life balance.

Cons

CEO and executive team are very defensive, reactive, and do not believe in a culture of feedback. Explicitly denied the formation of employee resource groups (something I've never experienced at a company before). From my experience, only brought up core values as a way to defend decisions made after-the-fact. It felt like I should be afraid if I disagreed with executive leadership and that there could be retaliation if I were to speak up to leadership. CEO often interrupts product timelines or in-flight work with one-off projects that he personally has decided to roll out, with very little to no planning and short-timelines. I don't usually write these reviews, but have decided to do so as a warning. I absolutely would not recommend working here. If you are interviewing, try and ask as direct and specific questions as possible about leadership, company culture, and product decisions.

2.0
Mar 30, 2021

Good work, poor management, difficultly in keeping to consistent vision

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Pros

You will work on interesting projects and have a big impact on the final products. Most of the people in the organization are very passionate about the work. If you came from Microsoft, you will probably do very well here and the idiosyncrasies will be familiar, but not as pronounced. Compensation is okay for a non-profit. Company will do well because its product is free and it's funded by big tech, so job security is great. Flexible hours.

Cons

As a young organization, they hired people who didn't know what they were doing. You'll note that there are a lot of "growth" opportunities in that many people are not qualified for the work that they are asked to to, to the point that management is not aware what qualifications are necessary for some jobs. Recently, the organization lost most of their experienced education staff, who had become disillusioned with management and the tech-centric culture. If you have experience in education or a non-profit, you will probably be happier somewhere else, where equity is valued more highly and the management is aware of what goes into quality educational projects. This organization has the same problems that a lot of tech companies have with valuing and recognizing the contributions of women and people of color.

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