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Culture (used to) eat strategy for breakfast - PSO Team Member Ellevation Education Employee Review

3.0
Feb 9, 2024
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Pros

- The majority of the staff members at this organization are exceptional and I was blessed to form lifelong friendships here. - The health insurance is comprehensive. - The 401k plan offers matching and flexible investment options with Fidelity. - Flexible time off, remote work, and unlimited sick time. - There are extra benefits like childcare credits and fitness reimbursements. For people just starting out in their careers or teachers who are moving into the tech sector, Ellevation is a very good place to take those first steps. For those who are more settled in their careers, I would not discourage you from applying, but I would caution you that there will not be many growth opportunities if you are already experienced. Most people stay for about 2 years before moving on.

Cons

- As others have mentioned, the organization lost a surprising number of well-regarded female leaders in a short period of time. PSO was left without any real leadership. - Many of the managers in PSO had been there for a very long time and it showed in a bad way. Which is to say, it was cliquey and they cultivated a toxic work culture. - The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. People are afraid to provide feedback until their exit interview. - The motivation your manager possessed to advocate for you personally was the primary factor in determining whether you would get a raise or a promotion. The career matrices were written in a way that left tremendous room for interpretation. Your experience at Ellevation will depend largely upon which part of the organization you are in and then which team you are on within that sphere. PSO is in a bad way. Friends in engineering were much more content. The company I joined was not the same company that I left. It truly was once a wonderful place. By the time I made the decision to go, I felt as though I would always long for the days when every day was brighter if I did not muster up the courage to walk away. I hope the new HR department can rise to the challenges that lie ahead and I wish the organization all the best.

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Ellevation Education Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate feedback in all forms and will do our best to address common themes. The people at Ellevation are certainly great and a big part of what makes our culture so special. Also, thank you for calling out our generous benefit plans. Investing in benefits is a key part of being a people-first organization where everyone can thrive. We're thrilled we just welcomed a new VP, PSO. We took the time to find the best leader for our goals and culture. Although it sounds like you weren't a promoter of the PSO team, PSO scored higher than the company average on the recent engagement score. Our new leader will continue to identify ways to improve the team's culture as they settle in. In regards to your feedback around growth, one thing we're proud of is the longevity of our team. Our average tenure is almost 3 years, even with considerable hiring pushes over the past two years. The career matrices you mention are a good start to setting consistent expectations. We've received feedback that there are opportunities to further embed the matrices into our performance and promotion processes, which is a priority this year. Last but not least, thank you for your feedback on the leadership team. It's really helpful to hear your perspective, and we will consider that against other feedback we receive about the accessibility of our leadership team. Given our open physical office, monthly all-hands, offsites, and heavy involvement in the day-to-day from our LT, I am surprised to hear this, but everyone's experience is different and we should learn from it. Thanks again for your time at Ellevation and for leaving a review! Winston Tuggle VP, People

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3.0
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Pros

One of the better places I've worked. It is remote, with one offsite per year that could have been an email, but you never feel micromanaged. The people are genuinely great, and they hire well; everyone's helpful and easy to work with. It also feels like the mission is real, not just something they slap on the website; you can tell your work actually matters and connects to something bigger. And the workload is reasonable, which honestly feels rare these days

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That said, things have shifted in the last few years. There's a real sense of instability in the market right now, and it's bled into how work feels day-to-day, everything's got this undercurrent of urgency and edge that wasn't there before. Leadership hasn't been transparent about it either; the messaging tends to paint a picture that everything's fine, but it's pretty clear financially that it's not. After the layoffs last November, that same uneasy feeling is creeping back in, and it's hard to trust the reassurances when the pattern keeps repeating.

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