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      IXL Learning

      Engaged Employer

      IXL Learning reviews

      3.4

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (449 total reviews)
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      Paul Mishkin

      53% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

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      IXL Learning has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 449 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IXL Learning employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      449 reviews
      2.0
      May 18, 2019

      Should be great, could be great, isn't

      Account services
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Your co-workers are awesome. The company has great events and some of the competitive benefits they employ to engage with Ivy Leage talent trickles down to the rest of the staff.

      Cons

      Routine, mysterious mass firings. I saw this happen four times in my year and a half there, and each time the firings gutted departments. They treat full-time employees like contractors -- use until not necessary, and then fire immediately. They started an NC office for the lack of labor laws and the ability to offer non-competitive salaries compared to other locations. They take full advantage of both of those factors. COO is incredibly petty. Employees have to fight for basic equipment that is necessary to complete their job. Are you an engineer? Don't assume you'll have a second monitor! IXL tries to fails to cultivate buy-in from it's employees. Some of the lower level management is great, however, it's hard for employees to feel engaged when they are constantly treated poorly. Multiple departments changed their payment basis from salaried to hourly, negatively effecting morale, some people get laptops, less important ones get notebooks, etc. All of the above is SOP for IXL Learning.

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      IXL Learning Response
      7y
      Yes! Our people are awesome and one of the reasons we opened an office in Raleigh is to draw on the great talent pools in the area without having to engage in bay area talent wars. We aren't perfect but we do our best to offer competitive salary and benefits as well as a fun office environment. And just to set the record straight, it's a federal law, otherwise known as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), not companies or managers, that determines whether positions are considered hourly or salaried. Companies are required to comply with FLSA or be fined. I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy your time with IXL and wish you the best.
      3.0
      May 16, 2019

      Good pay and high flexibility, unclear expectations

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work hours are flexible. The base pay is average, however the bonus compensation plan is easy to attain and significantly increases your salary.

      Cons

      As a new employee some of the expectations are unclear. It is challenging to know when you are doing well and not.

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      IXL Learning Response
      7y
      Thanks for the feedback! I encourage you to reach out to me anytime if you want to share specific ideas on how we can improve our feedback loop.
      2.0
      Apr 23, 2019

      Please pass on this opportunity. If your heart is in the right place, find a company that actually respects you.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      THE PEOPLE - This is the one thing that IXL excels in. The employees I've had the pleasure to work with are some of the kindest, smartest, and caring people I've met, and I've formed lasting friendships with many of them. If there's a reason to weather this storm of a company, it's for the genuinely awesome coworkers who are along for the ride with you. MISSION - IXL is an education company, so it attracts people that care about teaching and learning. It's nice to go home at the end of the day and know that your work is benefitting students, teachers, parents, and adult learners around the world; it's something to be proud of. (Caveat: the company knows that its employees are driven by this mission, and can use this to its advantage)

      Cons

      Caution: Be wary of 5 star reviews written by recent hires. SENIOR MANAGEMENT - Major pivots in product direction, operations, and hiring roadmaps have occurred in the past year. Some of these pivots have come after months or even years of employees' time and company funds, with the result that many employees have never seen their work released. - All product decisions at the company must be approved by the CEO and/or COO; this seriously undermines trust in the competencies of other managers, slows development, and stifles creativity. - Despite an almost company-wide desire to improve inclusion in our product, upper management is hesitant to address the subject. Many of the strongest advocates for inclusion have been let go (for one reason or another). STABILITY - Team reorganizations and large layoffs are the new norm for IXL in 2018/19, and more experienced (aka higher-salaried) individual contributors seem to consistently be the first to go. Burning bridges with talented and loyal employees has fostered a toxic company culture, and it may be too late to reverse this. - There is little transparency regarding product direction and motivations for high impact decisions. The future of the company is difficult to predict. - Several teams are facing significant retention issues (close to half the team members leaving), and senior management doesn't seem to care. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES - Product management, UI/UX design, and engineering roles at IXL are niche, and their responsibilities are quite different from what they would be at most other technology companies (at least in the Bay Area). In other words, don't expect your skills to necessarily transfer over to other jobs. - Despite being a mid-sized company that's been around since the 90s, IXL is very late to adopt industry-standard technologies. We only recently made the switch from FogBugz/Manuscript and Subversion to Jira and Git, and we were slow to start using React, and Agile. - Most development teams have a high composition of new grads, and there are not enough senior team members to support them.

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