Good mission - bad management impacting productivity - Anonymous employee College Board Employee Review

2.0
Dec 15, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Generous vacation package. Generous retirement.

Cons

Large bureaucracy structure which is slow to change. Hires people at managerial level and who lack some basic people skills - pretenders who lie to your face while backstabbing. There is no meaningful collaboration - it's at the surface level - and productivity is greatly impacted by this non-value of human capital.

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College Board Response
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Thank you for the comment; we're happy to hear you're taking advantage of the benefits available for staff. We're sorry to hear about the challenges you're finding around collaboration, as this is not in the line with the environment we work hard to cultivate. We hope your experience at Pencils Down 2017, an off-site retreat that welcomes all staff, reaffirms our focus on the great human capital we have and gives you an opportunity to deepen your relationships with colleagues.

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