Does Renaissance Learning pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Renaissance Learning employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Renaissance Learning. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Renaissance Learning?

36% of Renaissance Learning employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Renaissance Learning 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Renaissance Learning?

Account Manager (29) , Account Executive (23) , Sales (21) , Software Engineer (16) , Customer Success Manager (12) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (12) , Marketing (12) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Consultant (9) , Manager (9) , Customer Support Representative (6) , Product Manager (6) , Product Owner (6) , Project Manager (6) , Customer Success (5)

What are the pros of working at Renaissance Learning according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and mission!" ((in 52 reviews)); "good benefits and good amount of vto" ((in 47 reviews)); "Good work life balance during the winter" ((in 27 reviews)); "Good work from home options (covid related)" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good team to work with." ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Renaissance Learning according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and should be higher" ((in 27 reviews)); "Annual layoffs and reorganization for the last few years have contributed to a sense of instability." ((in 19 reviews)); "Horrible upper management." ((in 11 reviews)); "Salaries are below average, you can make more basically anywhere else." ((in 11 reviews)); "There were a handful of good managers but they were handcuffed by THEIR inept bosses." ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Renaissance Learning layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Renaissance Learning layoffs and their outlook for job security at Renaissance Learning in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Renaissance Learning locations?

Wisconsin Rapids , Madison , New York , Minneapolis , Wisc Rapids , Vancouver , Chicago , Houston , San Francisco , Wausau , Colorado Springs , Portland , Atlanta , Bloomington , Roanoke , Milwaukee , Grand Rapids , Charlotte , Dallas , Irvine , Orange , San Diego , Fremont , Denver , Tampa , Florida City , Newark , Birmingham , Homewood , Kansas City

Renaissance Learning reviews

2.7

36% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)

Chris Bauleke

34% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.3

Career opportunities

2.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

557 reviews

4.0

Apr 11, 2019

Future looks bright

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many months back we got new leadership, CEO, CTO, etc. When they first came on, they gave similar speeches about paying down technical, improving testing, code ownership, etc that everyone else has ever said in the past. But a few months ago they really made previously taboo long term tech-culture issues center stage. I am happy to say that in the last month or so, I have seen first hand many of these improvements start to happen. It is painful right now, but they are pushing extremely hard for testing, training, ownership, and overall just taking the time to do thing correctly. I have been with Renaissance Learning for over a decade, love the people, but this is the first time I've seen such dedication to doing the Right Thing(tm). There is a long road ahead and plenty to do, but I am extremely happy that the company is firmly taking the stance that quality matters. They are not just forcing quality on us, they are also providing many resources to further educate and train. Some of our more talented software engineers have been tasked with spending the majority of their time, for now, consulting individual teams with identifying pain points and designing and planning solution both technical and educational to fix those problems. Along with educating us with what other teams are doing for certain types of issues. There are many many plans for improvement on all kinds of issues. They will all take time, but they are constantly identifying new areas of pain and moving forward. I'm giving 4/5 because of the current monumental amount of work to get done and lack of personal recognition from management even though with whom I work recognize me. I am hopeful these will change, but have not yet. Benefits where I live are great. Pay is "ok", but well above median. A new benefit is a few thousand $$$$/year towards covering any credits you take for classes at an accredited learning institution that pertains to your job. There is been talk, but nothing in stone, about $$$$/year towards existing student debt. This would be great for us who still carry student debt from prior to working here. Just an example of how they at least think about us.

Cons

Mounds of technical debt left over from prior leadership. Difficult transition ahead of us.

1.0

Oct 25, 2018

Trouble Ahead

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Rank & file are genuinely great people. Pleasant place to be. - Industry and subject matter is interesting. Renaissance matters in this space.

Cons

- Solid international business, but US business is struggling. Customer attrition, new customers, integrating and growing new acquisitions, product transition to the cloud, fixing cash cow products, creating new products. Management says all the right PR things about change and understanding our problems, but so did the last set. And it's going to be hard riding for a while where eventually they'll need to do lots of cost cutting that will impact us all. Jury is out on the yet another new path forward, but even if they're on the right path, the trends will not change overnight. This industry is moves slowly with narrow windows to make changes.

1.0

May 18, 2018

Terrible

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They have a free ice cream machine and a fitness center that can be used. That is literally the only benefit to this company.

Cons

AWFUL MANAGEMENT!! Unless you whine and cry and complain you apparently are not a valued employee. You are discouraged from working hard and "over-achieving" because it makes the employees (who are barely competent to do their job) feel bad because they aren't doing a good job. Low pay and a lot disappointment with the company. They say they care about the students and staff that they service and it just is not true. They only care about making money. The company has had several bugs with the programs and they become virtually unusable and it has been almost a year and things still have not been fixed and improved upon. I feel bad for the schools that continue to pay for this unworthy product.

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