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9 reviews
1.0
Dec 5, 2025
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Pros

Flexible hours, generous PTO, remote environment, high pay for this field

Cons

There have been two rounds of layoffs in the last two years, each time eliminating ~25% of FT staff members. There is high turnover amongst the leadership team, which leads to a very disjointed organizational strategy that is becoming more and more apparent each day. There’s little to no transparency on big decisions that are made and for a company that claims to put such high value on employee well-being, they are quick to gloss over the fact that the employee satisfaction scores get lower every year. Please do not let the high scores from current and former tech fellows fool you as they are temporary, part-time employees. The best advice I can give is that if you are currently considering a full-time position, run away as fast as you can.

1.0
Mar 18, 2026
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The rot starts at the top. This is an organization built around a founder-CEO whose ego consistently outpaces their judgment. There's no real strategic discipline — just a revolving door of priorities, each announced like a mandate and quietly dropped before anyone can execute on them. Teams don't operate on roadmaps; they operate on whoever got the CEO's attention last. Follow-through is a myth. Accountability is someone else's problem. What makes it worse is that no one around the CEO pushes back. Nobody feels safe to give feedback. Rather than offering honest counsel, those closest to the CEO have settled into a pattern of deference and flattery — more focused on staying in favor than on steering the company in any coherent direction. Instead of creating guardrails, senior leadership acts as a relay system for unrealistic expectations — passing pressure downward. Talented people are handed impossible situations and then quietly blamed when things fall apart. Like many other posts, the symptoms are consistent and recurring: Layoffs that arrive without warning, year after year Aggressive hiring waves followed by sudden contractions Instructions from leadership that contradict each other No coherent definition of roles, goals, or who actually makes decisions A polished external narrative that bears little resemblance to what's happening inside The mission-driven branding is real in the marketing sense — not in the operational one. Internally, morale is a slow bleed.

Cons

Don't apply. There are plenty of other organizations that pay better and treat their people better.

5.0
Oct 19, 2023

Very good

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Pros

It's perfect if you're a student. Low hours with good pay.

Cons

If you're on a different time zone it may be difficult to attend but it is worth it

5.0
Sep 9, 2024
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Pros

- Learn on the job - Great career services - Easy to connect with other students

Cons

- No pay raises - More visibility of how things work behind the scenes

5.0
Aug 17, 2022
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Pros

1. Learn a ton, and apply it in weekly labs and projects for building that muscle memory 2. Good Pay 3. Mentorship 4. Final Week Capstone project working with 2-3 other interns(good opportunity for collaborating with others on a project, and good for the resume) 5. You will leave the program ready to take on full time opportunities and/or other internships

Cons

1. Not really a con, but you will need to work hard and stay on top of things

5.0
Sep 7, 2025
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Pros

The staff and manger are very welcoming and are always willing to work with you. Good side income if you are a student and want to work on your teaching and communication skills.

Cons

Pay is not the best. Minimum wage

4.0
Feb 1, 2026

Lovely Culture

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Pros

People are very nice, the culture is highly collaborative, and the staff are very supportive.

Cons

Pay is low for certain positions, so that's something to keep in mind. Recent (late 2025) layoffs as well.

2.0
Jan 22, 2024
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Pros

Most five-star reviews are from student employees, who are paid campus ambassadors for CodePath. Like what the previous post said, please reach out to current employees with 1+ years of tenure or former full-time employees for a REAL sense of what it's like to work at CodePath. Pros: 1. Remote with no return-to-office plans in the short term. 2. Decent pay by non-profit standards. 3. Friendly, mission-driven, and hard-working ICs and middle managers. 4. DE&I is at the core of the organization's mission. 5. Rewarding when you meet students who benefit from CodePath's services, perhaps at the cost of its employees, which I will discuss below.

Cons

1. Mediocre benefits. No 401k match, no short-term or long-term disability, no cost-of-living adjustment, and 10 weeks of paid parental leave, to name a few. 2. Poor WLB. Leadership promotes unhealthy work-life boundaries and claims this weeds out low performers. ICs and middle managers are busting their a**es and taking on more than they can handle to keep the organization "lean." 3. Employees are disposable. Leadership's answer to solving problems is surprise layoffs and firing notices. At least Amazon gives you a PIP. 4. "Yes-Men" culture, especially with senior leadership. Feedback, even when constructive, can result in you being ostracized and even forced out of the organization. 5. Unprofessional behavior (i.e. yelling at employees, microaggressions at minority employees) from management. 6. Limited growth opportunities after two levels. As an organization that serves students and early-career professionals, they unfortunately don't care too much about helping their own employees grow.

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