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Ascend Learning

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Not a great place to be - Anonymous employee Ascend Learning Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

XBox, okay-ish benefits, small company (if you're into that), interesting location (Heald Square)

Cons

The company is very childish run by a CEO who believes he knows how to run a company due to a Harvard MBA. If you don't attend events or go to the lunch and learns, something will be said to you, even to the point of witnessing termination. The CEO lies during recruiting about bonuses and work from home options and then does a 180... I'm surprised as many stay as they do. Although they claim remote friendly and work life balance, they will say something if you're remote and/or leave early because you have to get to a commitment. There is also no career growth due to heads already there and compensation is low compared to industry. They tout it with bonuses, as mentioned, but not true. The leadership is very rookie with no legs to stick up for what they believe in.

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Cons

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