Covista reviews

3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(524 total reviews)
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Stephen Beard

48% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Covista has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 524 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Covista employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.8 stars).

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524 reviews
1.0
Jun 19, 2025

Save Yourself the Trauma

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You'll occasionally find coworkers who are fantastic to work alongside but that's about it.

Cons

I left before all the WFH/RTO changes and I'm beyond thankful that I had. My entire team had been spread across the US so the whole "collaboration" part of RTO would have been absolutely moot. They micromanaged every hour of every day, and if anything looked "suspicious" on your tracked time there would be questions. Zero quality control, zero consideration for the fluctuations of how projects can vary on time to completion, far more work than could be done in a reasonable amount of time, and zero care for the employees - getting things finished by any means necessary was all that mattered. Folks lied, talked behind people's backs, a lot of gossip, and if you didn't immediately say yes to their demands and did anything to push back even a little bit, you were seen as a problem. There was also no rhyme or reason to anything - every initiative they wanted to strive for was scrapped after a few weeks/months so there never felt like there was a reason to do anything beyond the usual. All in all, a very toxic culture with zero direction aside from making as much money as possible for the higher ups while the lower ranking employees work themselves to the bone. I'm still working through the pressures this job put on me after all the years of negativity, inconsistency, and micromanagement.

2.0
Jun 9, 2025

Not what it used to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Intelligent co-workers, opportunities to learn new technologies, FTO, and work from home (if outside the 50-mile radius of the office).

Cons

Over the past two years, Adtalem has been on a steady decline. At least five members of the upper leadership have left the company/resigned for one reason or another. Communication between the upper leadership and other employees is non-existent. There have been re-orgs every single year I have been employed. This is partially attributed to the ever-changing landscape of Higher Ed, but also the constant change in leadership/team vision. If you want to continue to expand your career and continue to grow professionally, this is not the place to do it. Are you a hard worker who always meets or exceeds expectations? Great, then you will be rewarded by maintaining your title/role with no signs of upward mobility. The only ways I have seen to receive a promotion are if you are the “favorite” of the manager, you perform poorly at your job, so they place you elsewhere, or you threaten to look at opportunities on another team. Salaries are lower than the market. It wasn’t until they did a market analysis three years ago that they realized most employees were underpaid. RTO, removal of summer hours, and removal of paid mental health day show that they don’t care about you as an employee. Overall, I cannot recommend working at this company.

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Covista Response
1y
Hi there, thank you very much for your insightful review. We are actively working with our leaders to improve the communication of important information to their teams in a timely and appropriate manner. We strive to provide an environment where our employees feel valued with lots of opportunity for upward mobility, so we are disappointed to hear this hasn't been your experience. We also take an organizational changes very seriously and recognize the impact they have on our teams, With regards to RTO, we recognize this change has been an adjustment, but we strongly believe that bringing everyone together creates an enhanced workplace culture that allows for greater in-person collaboration. We are still committed to providing flexible work with remote days on Friday and flexible time off for in-scope employees. If you have any further feedback, questions or comments, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at tafeedback@adtalem.com. Thank you again for taking the time to share your feedback with us.
1.0
Aug 13, 2023

Look Elsewhere

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I like my colleagues and manager. You day is nice. "Summer hours" just means you get to work 40 hours a week in a different way so thanks I guess?

Cons

Remote work was the primary benefit. It allowed me to better coordinate childcare for my young family, saved me time and money on lunch and travel, and helped make me more productive in my active working hours. Returning to office 3x a week is cruel and completely unnecessary. It is more frequent than we were in the office before COVID, many of my colleagues and leaders work in different states, so I won't see them, there is no compensation for those who need to pay for parking or transit, and merit increases are notoriously terrible, so that won't help. Too many projects, salary is average at best, and sadly there just is just no reason to stay/apply here anymore. Been here over 10 years, now taking our CEOs advice and looking elsewhere

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Covista Response
2y
We appreciate and value your input as an employee and want to be sure we’re consistently working towards a positive work environment suitable for everyone. We would like the opportunity to learn more about your concerns and any suggestions that you may wish to share. Fostering a positive workplace for you and your colleagues is very important to us. Please reach out to us at tafeedback@adtalem.com. Thank you.
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