Keypath Education reviews

3.0

48% would recommend to a friend

(437 total reviews)
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Steve Fireng

73% approve of CEO

48% 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
5.0
Aug 9, 2017
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Pros

Company CEO is kind, and is a very pure hearted businessman. Mutual respect is exemplified consistently to all his employees.

Cons

There's always a few rotten apples in the barrel. That's life.

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Keypath Education Response
8y
Thank you for the kind words. We are all excited about what we are building with our Online Program Management platform.
2.0
Jun 19, 2017

Do your own research

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are so few these days, sadly. There used to be so many. The people are always the biggest selling point, but they rarely keep a good employee after the last few years.

Cons

If you do your own research, it won't be a surprise to find that this company has been on a steep downhill path for the last three years. If you weathered even part of the storm, you saw the loss of every benefit, the numerous layoffs that included some of the longest tenured and talented people at Keypath, and the overall disregard for their employees. There are plenty of better places to work in the market - I promise.

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Keypath Education Response
8y
Sorry that you feel that way and yes, we have had business challenges and some layoffs have resulted from that. Even having said that, to say that we have removed all benefits or that there is a general disregard for employees is just not accurate and I feel compelled to set the record straight. Our benefits still include multiple market competitive health insurance options, full employer paid dental, a very popular STD/parental leave program, charity PTO days, the ability to earn up to four extra days off per year for healthy eating and exercise habits, every other Friday as a half day from Memorial Day to Labor Day, up to 5% employer match on the 401(k) with NO VESTING SCHEDULE. We give a week off for all employees around Christmas and New Year’s, games around the office for breaks including a pool table, ping pong table, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, along with an extensive list of activities and events. I believe most people would call that a pretty robust benefits package. So, on behalf of the 250 employees here in Lenexa, including 40+ employees with over 7 year of tenure, there is still a lot of optimism here and belief in our future opportunity.
3.0
Oct 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The people in the specialist and middle-management roles have world-class talent and will go on to work for Google, Facebook, and cutting-edge digital agencies. Internalize what they say and take leadership’s advice with a grain of salt. Work here for the experience and move on quickly. Maybe return one day.

Cons

The company is wrapped around questionable (but momentarily profitable) lead-generation tactics and the one department they can’t charge for: account management. Leadership tries to shoehorn direct-response tactics onto organic marketing efforts because they can’t set client expectations. This is especially troublesome when trying to move away from the for-profit industry and attract traditional higher education institutions as one of 25+ OPM providers. The bigger problem, though, is the company is disconnected from the real challenges of higher education. They rely on empty statements like “showcase student outcomes” when non-traditional education startups are doing a much better job of this. Priding yourself on client service won’t help if the client’s customers go elsewhere for their education. Completely unrelated, the “insurance” plan for single employees is close to not having insurance. Other area employers contribute a large portion of the employee’s full deductible to an HSA to make up for the lack of co-pay. Take note.

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Keypath Education Response
10y
Appreciate your candor and you must really care about the company to write such a long and well thought out letter. While I will disagree on a few points, some of your thoughts are right on! Let me address a couple of your points: 1. While I agree we need to adapt to new ideas, we still have to service the over 250 clients with the service levels they desire and contracted. We are working hard to change, but can only move as fast as our clients move. Sometimes this is fast sometimes this is not. 2. Certainly I would not disagree with tech needs and we continue to invest in new technology to help our clients and provide more assistance internally. We have invested over 6m dollars in capex the past two years alone. We are making progress but I have said many times we do have gaps. More to come! 3. I do not agree with your statement that we don't listen to our employees or have little insights on where we should go (obviously paraphrasing a bit). Over the last 18 months we have launched OPM to cater to non-profit schools, opened offices in UK, Australia, and Canada to diversify our US business, developed new CRM software for OPM/Integrated Marketing, and continue to expand our career prep software, Seelio, to many schools. What I am sorry about is that we maybe did not do a great job with showcasing these initiatives to all employees. Lastly, the EDU space is going through a lot of change and the team at Keypath are all working hard to improve our business and future proof the company for the next 25 years. I am not sure how many companies you have run, but these is not an easy tasks and take time, but I am confident in our people. I wish you all the best in your new endeavors. Steve
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