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Lack of Leadership, Direction - Anonymous employee Ascend Learning Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This place has a handful of good managers. Not great, but decent. And, the PTO is unmatched anywhere else.

Cons

Lack of strategic vision and follow through from upper management. This company is a traditional publisher trying, and failing, to succeed in the digital publishing world. They lack direction and focus. As a result, projects are started and abandoned without due diligence on either side.

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Pros

Decent benefits Hybrid WFH schedule Some really great direct managers

Cons

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