Does Ascend Learning pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ascend Learning employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ascend Learning. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ascend Learning?

56% of Ascend Learning employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ascend Learning 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ascend Learning?

Client Executive (13) , Product Owner (10) , Software Engineer (10) , Sales (7) , Account Manager (6) , Marketing (6) , Product Manager (6) , Project Manager (6) , Business Analyst (5) , Client Account Manager (5) , Product Training Specialist (5) , Program Manager (5) , Test Developer (5) , Account Executive (4) , Manager (4)

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

"Some of the people are great and hard working." ((in 57 reviews)); "• good benefits" ((in 39 reviews)); "They have a great culture." ((in 34 reviews)); "Great Work life balance" ((in 26 reviews)); "unlimited PTO (that you are not penalized for actually using)" ((in 19 reviews))

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

"They say there is a no retaliation policy but leadership and HR use it heavily." ((in 21 reviews)); "working for management is absolutely horrible" ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management is broken beyond repair." ((in 11 reviews)); "We didn't get a decent raise for 5 years." ((in 7 reviews)); "BU communication; but improving upon them." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ascend Learning layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Ascend Learning locations?

Leawood , Burlington , Gilbert , Minneapolis , Overland Park , Kansas City , New York , Kansas City , Boston , Scottsdale , Dexter , Brooklyn , Walnut Creek , Saint Louis , Chandler , Phoenix , Ann Arbor , San Francisco , Lenexa , Chicago , Mesa , Fort Worth , Houston , San Angelo , Oxford , Parsons , Carmel , Calabasas , Irvine , Los Angeles

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Ascend Learning

Ascend Learning reviews

3.8

56% would recommend to a friend

(511 total reviews)

Greg Sebasky

58% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

3.4

Career opportunities

Ascend Learning has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 511 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ascend Learning 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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Reviews by job title

511 reviews

4.0

Oct 18, 2017

NHA

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well paid, substantial vacation time

Cons

Lofty sales goals, communication from middle management needs improvement, team cohesiveness needs improvement

3.0

Oct 18, 2017

Ascend

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most coworkers are great, company offers flexible schedules, ok compensation

Cons

A headquarters half a country away, not always on the same page. Excruciatingly slow pace on every project. Stunning squandering of labor, where people sit around looking busy and watching the clock because they are blocked by an IT department that cannot deliver and consistently displays the middle finger to the rest of the company. Career-minded people will be frustrated here. Too many lengthy incident calls, same issues time after time, nothing learned. I'm not exactly an IT expert, but this is easily the worst IT department I have worked with. The department is a poison pill to the organization, yet frustratingly lauded in company-wide meetings. CEO seems to be a good guy but probably has no idea what happens in the trenches.

5.0

Sep 20, 2017

Never knew you could NOT hate going to work until I got here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, amazing people, wonderful products, wonderful work life balance

Cons

Not any worth mentioning :)

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