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Curriculum Associates

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Curriculum Associates reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(681 total reviews)
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Kelly Sia

67% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Curriculum Associates has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 681 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Curriculum Associates 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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681 reviews
2.0
Jun 18, 2018

Good company losing its way

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good culture and benefits. Executive leadership seems to care about its employees. Very understanding of family and life events. Does seem to care about its customer base and helping educators.

Cons

Could not recommend this as a place to work now. Too many big lies have happened. The company for years was sold as a place that was going to stay independently owned . Yet, as soon as the former owner retired we were sold within a year. Additionally, other departments can have a major influence on your review, even overriding your own manager, causing reviews to be given which are not entirely fair and extremely one sided. This affects your bonus and yearly raise, and working hard seems to matter very little if someone in another department dislikes you, but will not talk to you about it. You find out about your problems at your review with no warning or ability to respond or course correct, if they exist at all. The company positively reinforces bad behavior by promoting individuals who are toxic and also bad leaders. As long as results are done, and other trampled over, that’s all that matters. Lastly, the company just seems to be becoming a bit of a cult. They think they are so great and amazing, but really they are just another place to work. It’s sad to see CA come to this as I did Love this company. They are slowly losing their head and soul and overtime this will lead to unhappiness, mismanagement and bloat.

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Curriculum Associates Response
7y
We're sorry to read that CA wasn't the best professional fit for you. It sounds like you experienced a uniquely unfortunate situation that cannot be resolved on an anonymous forum like Glassdoor. As a company that values and invites critique and input from employees at every level of the organization, we greatly appreciate you sharing your feedback with CA as it will allow us to continually improve. - Shrina
5.0
Jun 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The most positive place I've ever worked! We identify areas where we can grow and improve and the research, collaboration and expertise that goes into supporting all initiatives is really incredible. I have worked for many of the big publishing companies - there really is no place like Curriculum Associates. It is such an academically oriented place, teaching and learning is paramount. LOVE my job!

Cons

I wish there were a bigger office in NYC.

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Curriculum Associates Response
7y
Thanks so much for this wonderful review and for calling out our positive, supportive, and collaborative environment. We're thrilled you found your happy place at CA! We have some exciting news – this July, our NYC office doubled in space. Twice the room for collaboration, growth, and fun! - Shrina
3.0
May 9, 2018

Field Service Team

Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, ample vacation time (three weeks to start), mostly awesome co-workers

Cons

Company implements changes that benefit home office workers but make life harder for field people. Field service team members get the short end of the stick when it comes to "three-legged stool teams" with account managers getting less incentive pay than sales reps and PD people getting zero incentive pay. Promotions based on perception/brown-nosing as opposed to actual ability. Most products are truly awesome on their own but company continues to try to sell/market them as good fits for other purposes. Greed has definitely overtaken the company since it was sold to investment firm. It no longer feels like a mission-driven company and the pressure is on to sell, sell, sell.

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Curriculum Associates Response
7y
Thank you for your honest review and for your many years of service. We never want to hear that we're making things harder for our valued employees. As a first step to addressing your concerns, we've shared this review with our leadership team. A bit of background on the recent changes to our ownership structure you referenced: In keeping with our founding commitment to philanthropy, the majority of our shares were recently gifted to charity. This gift resulted in a donation of approximately $200 million, one of the 10 largest gifts by an individual in the United States in 2017. This transaction included partnership with a firm committed to our long-term success and to expanding our support to more and more classrooms. The result has been a win-win—we gained world-class, mission-aligned business partners, and deserving charities gained funding to improve outcomes for the communities they serve. Throughout this process, we remained committed to transparency with our employees. Leadership distributed monthly written updates and presented quarterly updates at company-wide meetings, and our CEO encouraged all employees to ask him questions directly or submit anonymously via a questions box. Our team is the same, our commitment to quality is the same, and our founding mission to make classrooms better places for teachers and children is stronger than ever. - Shrina
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