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      Common Sense Media

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      Common Sense Media reviews

      3.8

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (56 total reviews)

      James Steyer

      60% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Common Sense Media has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Common Sense Media employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      56 reviews
      2.0
      Jan 25, 2017

      Do yourself a favor and don't work here

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The organization attracts amazing people Resources are plentiful Networks are substantial Many different areas to work in Editorial and engineering are powerhouses

      Cons

      The worst executive leadership Poor communication Poor management Poor transparency No accountability at the top Unrealistic expectations around growing teams and reaching goals

      4.0
      Oct 24, 2016

      Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility, great work/life balance, important mission, super smart colleagues, fast-paced.

      Cons

      Easy to feel stagnant, minimal opportunity to grow, HUGE / ENORMOUS pay gap between execs and the mid-level employees. Poor cross-org project management. Extremely high turnover. There is also verbal abuse happening in some of the departments.

      4.0
      Aug 29, 2016

      Great mission

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This organization's mission is at the cusp of many interesting issues in education, policy, and advocacy for kids. The staff are smart and dedicated individuals.

      Cons

      The leadership doesn't always work together as collaboratively as they could.

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