Stride reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(193 total reviews)
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James Rhyu

41% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Stride has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Stride 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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193 reviews
1.0
Feb 2, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros to working in tax for this company

Cons

Pay was not on par with the area despite how much I tried to negotiate. I still cannot believe I accepted such an incredibly low-ball offer. Had zero work-life balance as the manager worked weird hours and was constantly calling for the smallest and most immaterial tasks to be done that wasted time and took away from other super important urgent tasks that were always needing to be done in that moment. I could not step away for a 30 minute lunch or 15 minute walk without missing a call or several pings. Never have I ever been so miserable at a job. This job heavily increased my anxiety, stress, and depression. Would stay FAR, FAR away if you're looking for livable pay and work-life balance.

1.0
Jan 27, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

My colleagues are talented, intelligent, and innovative. The teachers care about the students. There are many fully remote roles, even before Covid.

Cons

No work-life balance. The latest CEO, James, blames that on the employees. He said in a recent call that if we don’t have balance we need to be more efficient. However, the company needs to stop overloading it’s employees. For example, the average teacher has 250-300+ students, which obviously makes it difficult to be an efficient or an effective teacher. Supervisors have 50+ direct reports and meet with each one for one-on-one calls each month. The technology is garbage. We have to use our personal cell phones to authenticate our accounts about 5 times a day. Teachers are expected to call all students using their personal cell phones. Do you enjoy fearing for your job to be eliminated day to day? Well than Stride is the job for you! Stride enjoys re-orgs as frequently as every 8 months. Masses of people were recently released via zoom and email. This occurs on average every year and a half or so. If being micromanaged is your passion, come on board! There’s no lack of micromanagement here! The company underpays its employees, has a pathetic PTO policy, and medical benefits are expensive. Over the last few years, we’ve been losing our best talent to competitors and to layoffs. I worry we are only attracting the undesired talent our competitors are passing on. Google the leadership team before applying here. That says all there is to say. This is a sinking ship! Students do not come first here. The shareholders and profits come first.

2.0
Nov 2, 2021

Avoid

Recommend
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Pros

Strong products, can be a turn-key solution for districts

Cons

Chaotic management, CONSTANT company reorganization. Layoffs occur nearly every year.

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