Imagine Learning reviews

3.0

47% would recommend to a friend

(612 total reviews)
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Jonathan Grayer

42% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Imagine Learning has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 612 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Imagine 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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2.0
Jun 2, 2023
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Pros

- People working there are generally very nice - 9 to 5 work culture - Work from home is an option but it's uneven

Cons

- Salaries are laughably small for the majority of the team - Burn out culture is alive and well - Training and mentoring is non existent - Short contracts mean you'll be used and discarded - Very cliquey. If your face doesn't fit they won't keep you - The most important managerial roles are filled by people who work from home 95% to 100% from home. You will never see them and they will do no actual people management - Management will lie and gaslight. You may be promised that there's another project coming, only to see your contract run out without renewal. You may be promised a bonus, only to be told you 'don't qualify' - You'll be hired for a junior role but will end up doing identical work as a senior employee on half of a salary - HR is still useless - People they end up hiring are rarely well read or particularly educated

2.0
Jun 5, 2023
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Pros

Twig Education - or Imagine Learning Studio UK as it is now known following an unpopular takeover by a US corporation - is a pleasant place to work. Upwards of 80% of staff are nice, interesting, talented people. The office sits in a great part of Glasgow and there are decent but not earth-shattering hybrid work arrangements etc. For a 9-5 job, it's pretty good.

Cons

This review specifically refers to the editorial department. If you want more out of editorial/publishing work, look elsewhere. Much of the material produced here is uninspiring and not produced to a particularly high standard. There is virtually no training (except for laughable HR-mandated online chores) and no career development. Senior positions are held by people who have been here for 10+ years, several of whom are barely competent. You might find it funny to have critical work questions answered with anecdotes about the head of content's dog the first time - and the tenth! But when it happens literally hundreds of times you really do begin to despair. Favouritism abounds - I say that not necessarily out of bitterness, since I've benefited from being a favourite at the expense of others here! But it's so arbitrary (it can, seriously, depend on how much the aforementioned dog likes you). I keep my head down, do a good job and take home a so-so salary, but I am ultimately frustrated - not least because other departments in the same building seem to be much better run. I'm hoping to be out of here by Christmas - though I would've said the same last year!

3.0
Mar 8, 2012

Nice start-up company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a good company if you like Family-like atmosphere

Cons

You have to give some time for advancement

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