Great benefits but poor management - Associate Director College Board Employee Review

2.0
Jul 19, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- great benefits if you're full-timer (tuition reimbursement, at least 4 weeks of vacation and 12 holidays off) - professional people, esp. the experienced contractors - flexible hours and good work/life balance

Cons

- limited upward opportunity due to tendency to hire from outside - management likes to hire friends which promotes a clicky environment - lack of respect for contractors (they are called non-emps, aka not-important) - all employees have to account for their time on any task/project in 15 min. increments using a time tracking program, tedious and waste of time - management very wasteful and not adept at budgetting - pay is typically less than other companies

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5.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

- Fantastic Management - Clear Goals - Good teamwork

Cons

- The work is a little soul sucking

4.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers to be around, great benefits, work-life balance was perfect before the middle management layoffs. Collaborating with teams is constant and helpful for the design process.

Cons

They cut the research team, relying on designs to take on that plus end-to-end products, which leaves to heavy work loads and late nights. Deadlines are rather quicker than usual since the reorg.

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