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Vista Higher Learning reviews

1.8

10% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)

Jon Aram

10% approve of CEO

9% positive business outlook

Vista Higher Learning has an employee rating of 1.8 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The Vista Higher Learning employee rating is 52% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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76 reviews
2.0
Apr 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good product, smart people. The owner makes big moves, which really sets the company apart in the marketplace.

Cons

The other comments are true. Even though I personally was not mistreated, I almost feel like I have PTSD from seeing so many people disposed of in such a harsh manner. Best case, dismissal is arbitrary; worst case, it's very personal.

1.0
May 6, 2015

Sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros? .... They have all been fired or quit due to lack of leadership. You walk-in one day, the person next to you is fired. After all we are employees at will. The empty seat next to you will not be filled in the Boston office, rather 3,000 miles away in Colombia

Cons

Honestly, too many to list. If you've been fired, it's a blessing in disguise. If you quit, good for you. If you know someone still there, advise them to get out. Do you have you goals yet? Will your job be outsourced? Will the company be sold? Can you even trust the ones that are left? Your 'friends' are not your friends and will rat on you to save themselves. Survival of the fittest.

1.0
Dec 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Staff is very competent and mission-driven. The office is in a nice neighborhood.

Cons

The owner infantilizes and disrespects his employees, pitting senior managers against each other and creating an atmosphere of fear. Senior leaders with quantifiable, consistent business results, who are respected by their teams, are let go for no apparent reason. What is expected in a normal business environment - that a leader makes rational business decisions regarding growth plans, goals and resource management, that employees apply creativity and initiative, that rules are applied consistently to all employees -- are all absent here. Many have compared it to a dictatorship, because punishment can come swiftly and unexpectedly, while colleagues are expected to continue on as if nothing happened.

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