Growing pains, but growing - Manager IXL Learning Employee Review

3.0
Jul 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good people, lots of new blood, well-received product with few problems and massive userbase. Good benefits. Supportive management, can get political like any business. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Low salaries for non-developers, weak operations/admin who struggle with keeping up demands of rapid growth. Murky policies. Tough to get to San Mateo office from outlying areas.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Depending on the team, you can have a good work/life balance - Given they hire a lot of new grads who are building a community in the area, it's pretty easy to get involved in social groups and make friends in the office

Cons

- Depending on the team, you may have poor work/life balance - Top-down culture - many typical responsibilities a given role would have (at least in engineering or product) in other companies are separated out. While not necessarily good or bad, it can catch people who are used to more autonomy in their decisions off-guard - Slow growth trajectory in roles and experience / learning which can be unfortunate for those starting off in their careers - Immature feedback / leveling loop - It was fairly common that people got feedback or temperature checks from more casual conversations with peers or other teams rather than formal reviews or manager conversations

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