Good placeholder job while you look for a better one with more opportunities - Senior Director Product Management College Board Employee Review

2.0
Jun 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, competitive pay, full-time remote work. I enjoy working with my immediate colleagues.

Cons

Senior management is very cliquey. With the recent reorganization it was disappointing to see that 99+% of the cuts were below the VP level and many employees have recognized it as well. I guess senior leadership felt that their positions are critical and self-reflection is not a virtue. Also, senior leaders made the decision who to eliminate from their ivory tower with ZERO input from managers, in some cases letting good performers go and keeping low performers. The reorg added workload to many, some significantly. Work life balance is not a priority although they claim it is and you can forget about diversity. Their answer was to ask managers to submit names of minority employees that should be considered for promotion. If you want promoted, you better do more than a good job and plan on acting like a toady with your manager and above.

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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
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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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