Great company being run into the ground by PE Firm and greedy management - Senior Software Developer Instructure Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great design. Formerly, a great culture. Solid pay and benefits.

Cons

New CEO showed up to get paid now. He doesn't care about the business--how was he picked?? For years engineering management has run rampant building the wrong things without consequence. Just when you'd think they'd finally be let go for it, they laid off other people.

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Pros

Good Culture Flexible Time Off

Cons

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3.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Very nice co-workers Benefits are at least average Work life balance is ok, flexible time off and decent holidays Don’t have to work that hard, great place to retire Focused on AI though the foundations for it aren’t there - as if we’re trying to check the box for a board

Cons

Pretty much a start up with terrible systems and processes Little to no investment in any supporting functions rooted in the TB days of prioritizing margin Cross-functional work is disorganized with horrible change management Complacency across the board. Seems like the old people are just waiting for their equity to vest, doing the absolute bare minimum Clearly an edtech company which feels a lot like what the government must be like Atrocious decision making Senior leaders care more about politics and their own egos than making the company better. Like everyone has an agenda I cannot imagine worse systems setup or data

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