College Board reviews

A couple of things I've noticed- 1) the College Board operates like a collection of smaller companies. Each individual department runs the operation differently and with different leadership styles, largely divided up by product. This is good and bad because if you move departments, you get a fresh perspective and get to work on a completely different product. However the downside is lack of consistency. 2) the salaries start off really competitive when you first come to work there but they don't stay competitive.

While they may be generally polite and desire to appear reflective, multiple senior leaders have problematic blind spots that regularly result in arbitrary actions, expensive mistakes, and typical playing favorites/office politics presented as evidence-based decisions. As a result, staff walk on eggshells trying to avoid accidentally triggering volatility and hold their breath for what sudden change may be thrown their way at any minute. Also, the organization works some teams like dogs. It is an unwritten assumption that work-life balance has to go out the window when there are emergency student needs (e.g., COVID supports for colleges, high schools). The desire to want to help is admirable, but it is certainly a shoot first, ask questions about the human cost to staff later (if at all) approach.