Keypath Education reviews

3.0

47% would recommend to a friend

(437 total reviews)
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Steve Fireng

73% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Keypath Education has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 437 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Keypath Education 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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437 reviews
3.0
Apr 10, 2012
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Pros

Great benefits. Up to 8% matching 401K on a vesting schedule. A lot of PTO even in your first year. Fun culture with Tuesday candy cart, summer flex Fridays, week off during Christmas time (instead of bonuses). Great starting job for new college graduates. You get great advertising experience. Very young company. Average age is probably 25-30.

Cons

Below industry standard salary. Upper management tended to be slow to give praise for a job well done. The company recently laid off a handful of people to "right size", but the individuals they chose to layoff seemed unusual. They specifically targeted people who had been there for several years and generally had higher salaries regardless of if they did a good job or not. While they did try to move people to different positions before the layoffs, it wasn't specifically expressed to employees that they had to move or they would lose their job. This seemed unfair.

1.0
Jan 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The one good thing about PlattForm was the culture. It is laid back with a casual dress code, and younger people. You also get a very generous benefit package.

Cons

When you step into the Client Services department, it is an instant feeling of stress and people are just plain cranky. The people are very young and unprofessional. Help is not offered as people push responsibilities on others and not themselves (as with every department) The management is horrible - they have no care to help employees with issues. My "Supervisor" on my account never knew what was going on and would just pass on their issues to other people on the team. That was my first red flag I noticed within the first month of working here!! I was let go for "not being a good fit for the company". I had no idea what that meant, they didn't explain it, didn't explain my benefits, vacation time, NOTHING when I left. It's constant stress and they expect you to work overtime every week (without additional compensation). As if the lower-than-entry-level-salary wasn't low enough. Please save your time and don't consider this company!!

2.0
Oct 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work at PlattForm is the atmosphere and work environment. Casual dress, a game room with billiards, ping pong, foosball, and more. The people who work there are amazing. Lots of energy, as they typically hire young 20-somethings right out of college on the cheap. The benefits package is pretty good for an individual. If you have kids, plan on buying their insurance elsewhere (not cheap). The paid time off is fantastic. Great PTO schedule, extra time off during the holidays, "flex fridays" during the summer (every other Friday is a half day) and their Wellness Incentive Program allows you the opportunity to potentially earn an entire additional week off.

Cons

I can only speak to specifically the Client Services team. No other team works harder than the CS team, by far. The individuals really do care about doing a good job. The problem is that this team is extremely underpaid compared to industry norms and the amount of work they put in. The stress level is extremely high, and the work flow often borderlines on chaotic. Yes, the benefits of working at PF help (casual dress, paid time off, etc), but the quality of life most weeks is hindered by an extremely high stress level. Appreciation and encouragement from management is almost non existent. Even if you are extremely good at your job, it's not enough. You have to "drink the koolaid" and "play the game" if you want to advance and succeed. They have some tremendously talented individuals come through that department, and they have inexplicably let some go without any reason, cause or notice (so, yes, job security is certainly a concern), and many others have quit as they found other jobs with companies that valued them more (in terms of monetary compensation). The management team within the CS department is terrible. They are great Account Supervisors and Account Managers, but they are incredibly bad at managing people. Communication and feedback is incredibly poor, everything is very "cloak and dagger" and you simply never really know where things are heading in terms of your career advancement. If you are willing to play the political game then you may get promoted once or twice, but even then you'll still be making less than you would somewhere else. The CS team doesn't know what a 40 hour work week is. Plan on getting there early every day and staying late many days, as well as working from home frequently (they pay salary, so no overtime pay). I would recommend PlattForm to anyone and everyone, but if you value quality of life, knowing where your career is heading, and knowing your management has your back, then stay away from the Client Services team.

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