Managers aren't so great - Anonymous employee IXL Learning Employee Review

1.0
Sep 19, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Lots of good friendly people - Nice San Mateo location.

Cons

- Incompetent managers that does not know how to manage large projects, it's a cluster-F when several teams try to collaborate to complete a project - Managers has different standards, and doesn't practice what they preach - Managers will tell you they will help you, but instead throw you under the bus - Tons of useless daily meetings that takes up most of the day which does not allow you to get your work done - Too many useless processes that you have to do get something completed - Product is super convoluted with useless tools and functionality that no one knows the correct way of doing things which I feel bad for schools who purchase our product -- this product probably makes kids stupid instead of smart - Super low pay

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2.0
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Pros

- Depending on the team, you can have a good work/life balance - Given they hire a lot of new grads who are building a community in the area, it's pretty easy to get involved in social groups and make friends in the office

Cons

- Depending on the team, you may have poor work/life balance - Top-down culture - many typical responsibilities a given role would have (at least in engineering or product) in other companies are separated out. While not necessarily good or bad, it can catch people who are used to more autonomy in their decisions off-guard - Slow growth trajectory in roles and experience / learning which can be unfortunate for those starting off in their careers - Immature feedback / leveling loop - It was fairly common that people got feedback or temperature checks from more casual conversations with peers or other teams rather than formal reviews or manager conversations

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