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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
1.0
Jan 11, 2018

Culture Crash

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The products are good and the mission is solid.

Cons

People brought in from "the outside" are very disrespectful to long-time employees who were actually responsible for building this once-great company. Their interest in skimming a fast profit and leaving the smoldering wreckage behind flies in the face of the long-time employees who care deeply about the company and its future.

1.0
Oct 8, 2025

Zero Strategy, Zero Accountability, No Business Acquiring Successful Startups

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. People at the individual contributor level are amazing to work with, and even some middle management as well. 2. The products themselves serve to make the lives of teachers and students better.

Cons

1. The company lacks a cohesive strategy for integrating its many acquisitions, which creates inefficiency and confusion. 2. Leadership decisions—especially within the product organization—are reactive and financially driven rather than guided by a long-term vision. I have no idea how the CPO is still employed after the terrible leadership over the past 2 years. 3. Major restructures, such as the overhaul of Nearpod’s sales and customer success functions, were executed without clear plans or sufficient support, contributing to instability and financial loss. Not once was this mentioned in the many doom and gloom town halls led by product leadership. Zero accountability taken for business decisions made by upper management. 4. Accountability tends to be misplaced, with blame directed toward individual teams or brands instead of addressing systemic leadership and strategy issues. 5. Renaissance has completely sucked the pride and spirit out of working on Nearpod and Flocabulary.

2.0
Apr 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Generally nice people although there is a bit of a mean girl culture on some teams, so that is unfortunate at this state of life. Products are quality if you love assessment. But who really loves assessment and data? Many people at Renaissance do.

Cons

No innovation. No out-of-the-box thinking allowed. No autonomy. No freedom to take a risk. Everybody has a role and a place, and don't you dare step out of it. The focus is on the wrong things and totally hypocritical as they are not truly aligned to the mission. Instead they are aligned to the financial reports. Very boring

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