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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
4.0
Jan 13, 2025
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Pros

Fantastic mission to accelerate learning for all children across the world, regardless of their ethnic and social background. People at Renaissance keep this mission front and centre throughout.

Cons

Certainly going through some challenges as the EdTech market continues to adjust and stabilize post-Covid. Committed management team and investors will support this process though.

1.0
Jan 9, 2025

Abusive leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Great products that make a positive impact on the communities they are implemented in. I loved selling Renaissance products and I always worked hard to.

Cons

HR & leadership ignored me when I reported my manager for mental abuse. It ended up being my abuser who ultimately followed up to tell me my request to be heard by any other manager was being denied and I would have to meet with them again. This caused me to quit to protect myself from further abuse and I feel I was wrongfully terminated.

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Renaissance Learning Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We would like to learn more about your experience and encourage you to reach out to your former People Relations Manager or the Chief People Officer to discuss.
3.0
Jan 9, 2025

Annual Layoffs as Profitability Tactic

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Pros

Good work life balance and autonomy.

Cons

2 major red flags, otherwise great place to work: 1) There is a well-known inner circle of associates who've worked together at prior companies and brought each other in, these individuals promote quickly. Either you're part of the group or you're not. If an associate is part of this circle yet "all-talk/low-action", they are protected, while outsiders are subject to perception bias and subsequently scored low at review time, not promoted, etc. 2) Annual layoffs are used as a way to manage profit every single year like clockwork. Leadership is rarely impacted by these layoffs. For those that remain, they still recieve merit increases and/or bonus, which could've saved headcount. Again, this is a longstanding annual practice of layoffs.

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