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

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).

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56 reviews
5.0
Jun 1, 2016

Office Assistant

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Pros

I work with some AMAZING, SMART, GIVING, LOVING people, who genuinely care about children and families. We Rate, Educate and Advocate kids, families and schools

Cons

Parking is a little challenging in our work neighborhood, Nothing else to complain about!!

1.0
Mar 23, 2016

Some Great Experiences, but Glad I am Out!

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Pros

Looks great on a resume. I worked with many hardworking, talented and smart individuals. I made many good friends.

Cons

You can have the opportunity to work on some great projects, but often the launch is poorly planned, funded, supported or there are millions of changes and/or priorities change from the President or other C staff at the last minute. This could be in any department of the company. The organization tries to do too many things at the same time and often unfortunately the end result is mediocre or could have been at a much higher level. CSM has so much potential and could have much more impact if this could be corrected. It doesn't appear that the C staff are all in agreement on strategy and at times it doesn't seem like they even like each other. The C staff and HR do not appear very transparent. Turnover is high and people tend to disappear without a reason or something plausible. Remember that you have hired really talented and intelligent people. Be honest with your employees and they will respect you much more. The Directors that report to the President openly complain about her, her demands, how she causes inefficiencies..... She isn't inspiring and doesn't appear to be a visionary. I am very glad to not have to attend another of the staff meetings. Raises don't keep up with inflation and are generally 3% no matter how you perform. Some individuals work extremely hard and others just seem to coast without repercussions. Morale is not good, everyone seems stressed out and on top of that the office is overly crowded. The location is not great and management should pay 100% of parking to compete.

1.0
Jan 10, 2016

Unprofessional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pays well and high turnover

Cons

Everything I wrote was edited so much I couldn't recognize my own words. My review rating were changed. Terminated without cause refused to furnish any documentation.

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