Does any body ever really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?? - Anonymous employee Atlas (OR) Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great building in great location downtown Portland. There are some really good and passionate people who work there. Everyone working at this company treats everyone with love and compassion. No bad people here just bad procedures and policies.

Cons

They are running on an antiquated business model. The company is owned and run solely by one individual who has zero vision for what is available currently. In the past, this company was a visionary. Things have changed but this ship keeps moving in the same direction. His two "yes men" share his technological incompetencies and do not wish to see what they do have can be amazing if put into the right hands!

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In September 2017, Rubicon was acquired by a private investment firm focused exclusively on the education industry. As part of the investment, we welcomed Chris Stasi, formerly COO at Chalkable, as the new CEO succeeding the original founder when he retired. This change in leadership has led to significant improvements throughout the company, including organizational structure and new management, product innovation, and competitive employment packages. Visit rubicon.com to learn more.

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5.0
Aug 12, 2021
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Pros

Great benefits, plenty of room for growth, and the culture of the company is like no other

Cons

Can be a little unorganized at times due to changes but all businesses have to go through growing pains

4.0
Jun 23, 2021
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Pros

The best people!!! You can wear many hats and learn and grow in the areas that interest you Fully stocked snack closet and fridge - with the good stuff! Beautiful office Good pay Awesome affiliate non-profit that benefits education in Haiti Rewarding to work with educators

Cons

One guy at the top makes all decisions (the "partners" aren't real partners). He's clearly a smart guy but it was frustrating to be asked for input on products that were launching only to have none of the input put to use. Work was normally rewarding except when things suddenly shifted (ideas scrapped, directions changed), then it could feel a bit wasted. We kept losing customers for the same reason and it was never solved (integration with an LMS). Rather than building an integration with an existing LMS we tried to build one from scratch ourselves, but never finished it and then started working on other projects, all while losing customers who usually cited the same reason (say it with me): integration with a learning management system. It just wasn't as useful to customers without that, which sort of made the employees lose faith in the value they were bringing to educators, and since most of the employees were former educators it really impacted morale. Also, bit of a glass ceiling.

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