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 53 reviews)); "• good benefits" ((in 39 reviews)); "They have a great culture." ((in 34 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 29 reviews)); "unlimited PTO (that you are not penalized for actually using)" ((in 20 reviews))

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

"3. Middle management: A few of them are extremely good, but most are again incompetent." ((in 22 reviews)); "They say there is a no retaliation policy but leadership and HR use it heavily." ((in 21 reviews)); "Upper management is broken beyond repair." ((in 12 reviews)); "BU communication; but improving upon them." ((in 8 reviews)); "being or growth opportunities for their loyal and hard" ((in 5 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 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

1.0

Nov 12, 2015

Not a software company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is competitive, and the benefits are outstanding. The HR team really wants to make employees happy and take care of their people as well as they can.

Cons

Absolutely no understanding of how software development works. Deadlines are put on teams that are strapped for people, without any ability to change scope or hire on within the timeframe of the project. Upper management gives directives that are vague enough to keep them covered, but specific enough that interesting solutions are rule out. It's an enormous game of three card monte, and management is genuinely shocked that anyone can see through their street-level theatrics.

2.0

Sep 23, 2015

Technical Project Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A chance to expand experiences. Some flexibility between working remotely and being onsite. Somewhat supportive office environment. Wireless headsets.

Cons

Excessive hours needed to cover incidents and project work with the same resources. Lack of documentation. Inconsistent resource availability for more than one reason (budget, illness, reassignment, reassignment for product support, if applicable and more.) Senior leadership change. Inconsistent change (e.g. all PMs did not use the same application scheme for capturing, tracking and reporting) among teams to achieve goals established by [new] senior leadership.

1.0

Aug 11, 2015

Don't expect to fit in

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sales folks are really great. Casual environment, flexible work hours.

Cons

The non-sale corporate employees are extremely judgmental and rude. If you don't "fit in" they find a way to get you out. The upper management allows this to happen and does nothing to protect their employees. Very gossipy and don't believe anyone but the employees who've worked there for a while. No plan, no projects and there aren't any set rules on who reports to who. Young crowd, tend to manage vendors then actually do any work.

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