CodeAI reviews

3.7

56% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Hadi Partovi

54% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

CodeAI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CodeAI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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31 reviews
2.0
Mar 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Code.org has a great mission and tens of amazing people working to accomplish it. The co-workers you'll work with are super-nice and the atmosphere is ery collaborative. Most of the team works remotely, but you get to meet in person once or twice a year.

Cons

Management claims that people are their priority, but this does not align with their actions. They have no problem firing individuals from day to day (due to "organizational changes" even before deciding what the change will be), the processes for work prioritization are very ad-hoc and your promotion depends on being close to the right person (as opposed to really merit-based).

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CodeAI Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear that you appreciate Code.org’s mission, collaborative environment, and fantastic team. Especially given your many years of service. The recent organizational changes resulting in departures were difficult. These decisions were not made lightly and allowed us to adapt our strategy and ensure the continued success of our organization. We understand that seeing colleagues leave can be challenging. We encourage you to reach out to your manager, People Business Partner, or take advantage of our office hours program with leadership for more clarity and support. As for promotions, we emphasize merit as the primary factor and strive for equity and fairness by using best practices such as distributing decision-making power across multiple owners and running calibrations. Promotion decisions are also influenced by various business-related considerations. Again, we encourage you to discuss questions and concerns with your manager. Thanks again for your continued contributions to bringing Computer Science to students and teachers.
1.0
Aug 30, 2024

Pick a different option literally any of them

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great coworkers Healthcare coverage is really good at least last I knew

Cons

In the past few years they have ended almost every unique benefit to working at Code.org over other EdTech companies/non-profits. Just work at one of those. Leadership slashes entire teams and crucial roles. Claiming they're no longer relevant/needed, laying off team members without a chance at working on another team or anything. And then replaces the roles with ever-so-slightly different openings within 6 months. When leaders make mistakes subordinates take the fall while leaders get "learning opportunities". Worklife balance does NOT exist Criticism are taken personally by leaders and then they guilt you for making them feel bad instead of doing anything about the problem

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CodeAI Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your experience. We are glad you enjoyed your coworkers and appreciated our healthcare benefits. We continue to offer fully sponsored health plans and recently increased our sick day policy to 10 per year, allowing team members to take more time to care for themselves and loved ones. We are very sorry to hear about the challenges you faced, particularly around restructuring. While these difficult decisions are made for the organization’s health, we know the experience is tough on everyone involved. While we do our best to handle them with the utmost kindness, respect, and dignity, we know the experience is life-changing. It’s especially hard when no role match is available within the organization. We continue to support interested team members in finding their next role, especially if a restructuring has impacted them. It’s important to monitor Work-life balance as a remote company. While our last engagement survey results show we over-indexed in this area, things may have changed as we sunset our Summer Friday program. We are eager to check in on our team’s experience via our current engagement survey. We encourage any active team members who may be struggling with this to speak to their manager, People Business Partner or raise in a skip-level meeting. Leadership accountability is crucial, and we’re committed to ensuring everyone owns their actions. We encourage you to contact our People & Culture team if you're open to discussing your experience further. We’d love to understand what went wrong here. We are always striving to improve. Thanks again for being part of Code.org and for your feedback.
5.0
Sep 16, 2022

Amazing place with amazing people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

People here are simultaneously so kind/funny/etc and also incredibly good at their jobs. Decisions are made inclusively and intentionally, but also quickly-- a very rare combination.

Cons

I don't currently have any cons.

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