Not the place for me - Manager Chamberlain Group Employee Review

2.0
May 9, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people were great, the office is beautiful and in a great location, the technology and assets are fantastic and are ripe for continued innovation. Truly wish the org all the best as there is so much potential there despite my gripes.

Cons

Despite internal and external PR that communicates otherwise and a gorgeous and progressive looking office space, the culture felt like a 1960s-level set back and was nothing like I've experienced in my career. Lacking real systematic appreciation and implementation of the stated cultural values... there was no space for true diversity, real independent thinking, and much-needed genuine celebration of individuals and successes. For the most part the culture enabled the people who were capable of leaving a trail of bodies in their path to rise the top (some to the very top) while the others left or were let go... a constant churn. Overall, mostly a demoralizing place for me. JoAnna had a great vision and set the cultural values - it was a good start but for some reason they always felt muted in the day-to-day and not reflective of the personalities that sat in the most influential levels.

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5.0
Mar 12, 2026
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Pros

People are helpful and work well together

Cons

Pay could be a little more competative

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3.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Chamberlain is a highly variable place to work. Everything depends on what team you are working on. Some teams will have managers who will fight for you and help build you up, others not so much. I have more or less grown up with the company and have seen it go from being owned by a private family to being owned by Blackstone and all between. Every year I ask myself, "is this the year I leave". My answer is usually no, as where else will be better when I am at least in a good position? Summer fridays are pretty great though.

Cons

Yearly reorgs are a constant drag. Some of the most CG-blooded people I have ever known are somehow always the first to get sent to the wood chipper. People flail around and react. There is no forward thought. Just constant reaction to whatever words the executive population utters. We have been 'transforming' for the near decade I have worked here. But what are we even transforming to? All I have seen is us transforming into yet another soulless company. Benefits have been getting crushed. My wonderful and amazing 401k service contribution was ripped away and replaced with a far less beneficial amount. If you aren't on a good team, or have a good manager, your chance for advancement will be near impossible. Constant 'do more with less'

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