Kaplan reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,587 total reviews)

Andrew S. Rosen

76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Kaplan has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,587 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kaplan 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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3K reviews
1.0
May 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

NONE....although if you're sentimental you might care about the people known as co-workers.

Cons

1. very little pay, no bonuses, little to no over-time. 2. Open 7 days a week 3. No respect for holidays, always ruining lives with mandatory holiday schedules. 4. Management is always changing up all the time. They have no clue what the hell they are doing at all. 5. High turnover due to unrealistic work demands esp. for the amount of pay you are getting for a full time employee. many full timers have 2nd part time jobs to make ends meets because the CEO is siphoning all the money for his lofty pay check. 6. They promote people without promoting their wages much too often. 7. annual raises are usually 0.1% - 1% I heard someone got 2% once. 8. People with actual degrees are working under college drop outs and make less than college drop outs. 9. the work is seriously mundane, there is no passion here. 10. They do things like offer free lunches, champagne toasts, games and themed weeks in a poor (very poor attempt) to be like Zappos or Google. They are just trying to distract employees from remembering that they are not making real money, they are actually unhappy, and they should be moving on...but with fake perks the smoke and mirrors fool a lot of people.

1.0
Oct 22, 2015

Student and Coach

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Being a student before the acquisition by Kaplan, I very much enjoyed my experience at DBC. The culture used to be amazing and I got a lot out of the program.

Cons

Ever since Kaplan bought out DBC, everything has gone downhill. The quality of DBC has gone down significantly and the management tries to make up for it by building a 'brand' with meetups instead of investing in the quality of the student's education.

3.0
May 29, 2015

MCAT Instructor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a good level of autonomy, however this is mostly due to the company being short staffed in managerial positions.

Cons

They clearly cut corners when it comes to staffing people to edit material and deal with IT problems. There is typically one manager for 50+ teachers across multiple states. This means very little accountability on their part. When you are hired, they mislead you about their raise schedule and the amount your salary can increase.

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