It was great. Until it wasn't. - Software Engineer Instructure Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I've never worked with a more talented and caring group of people. Team leads were deeply invested in the success and growth of their reports. Great work-life balance. Hard to beat the benefits.

Cons

Lots of opaqueness in upper management. Inexplicable decision-making around org structure (and restructure...) and process. Feedback was asked for, but never listened to. It seems like weird office politics started filling gaps left by changing leadership and process. The culture that used to dominate is quickly evaporating. What used to be one of the best places to work in Utah is devolving into something unrecognizable.

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Cons

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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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