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Renaissance Learning

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Renaissance Learning reviews

2.7

36% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)
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Chris Bauleke

34% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Renaissance Learning has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 557 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Renaissance Learning employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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557 reviews
2.0
Mar 31, 2017

Meh. Not what I signed up for.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Folks are nice. Pay is decent. Work is mostly interesting.

Cons

Management is pretty terrible. Because of the organization of the teams collaboration between teams is really not incentivized and so interactions between many teams feels quite adversarial as you fight over who's "points" are going to be used to accomplish some task. I've never worked somewhere with this sort of behavior and it is seriously frustrating. We're trying to ship a product as a company. I don't care if your team is going to miss a deadline or doesn't have enough points to do something... the work has to get done and we need to work together to get it done.

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Renaissance Learning Response
9y
Thanks for expressing your concerns about agile. The planning we do is standard to the scaled agile approach: Big Room Planning at the epic level. The goal is to give everyone on the team visibility into the epic and create a basis for the iterative decision-making. Totally appreciate the need to constantly flex and iterate from the initial thoughts.
1.0
Mar 31, 2017
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Pros

Pay commensurate with degree, used to be able to work from home.

Cons

Where to start? This place sucks! Nonstop meetings about estimating how many hours a development task will take. Count on at least a full day of 'batching' at least every month. These meetings are pointless and do nothing but waste time. There is no congruency in the methods of development and the engineering teams bicker amongst one another like a 2nd grade playground. Expect to be micromanaged at every avenue, hourly 'status updates', scheduling of meetings used as a way of punishment, and endless use of annoying buzzwords. The majority of the engineering staff are immature and spend their time playing childish games. I can recall a time when a 30+ year old male hid plastic toy 'ninja' figurines throughout the office. Give me a break, I came to this company under the premise it was professional and held opportunities to bring skills obtained through other positions to innovate and develop great products. It seems that if you're not willing to spend time outside of work with the staff socializing and behaving like a child, they're not going to like you. The majority of employees here have no spine and behave cowardly. Rather than bringing an issue to your attention, they'll complain through the back channels and lack the courage to confront you.

4.0
Mar 30, 2017

Overall, a good company with a lot of great people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Renaissance is a company founded by the desire to make a real difference in the lives of students and educators. The company has stood by its mission throughout the years and continues to be driven by what actually works in the classroom. The products are great and so is the dedication and talent of the vast majority of employees. Interim CEO is fantastic (hopefully he will get the position)!

Cons

The vibe around the headquarters has changed a lot in recent years, likely attributed (at least in part) to a lot of turnover in the executive team, a leadership team that works remotely, and the demands of being owned by private equity. Things seem to be on the upswing but there was a noticeable dip in morale and enthusiasm.

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Renaissance Learning Response
9y
Thanks for writing this review. We’re glad that you’ve made Renaissance a long-term career choice. It’s nice to read your kind words about your colleagues and about Mike Evans. I know he appreciates it! Also, thank you for sharing your thoughts on our headquarters environment. We are dedicated to the mission-driven Renaissance Culture at all our locations and will continue with that focus. – Kim Mitchell, Chief People Officer
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