Toxic culture with incompetent management and favoritism - Application Specialist PowerSchool Group Employee Review

1.0
May 16, 2026
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Pros

None to count at all

Cons

Absolute worst company to work with. The managers are nothing but tamed puppets of the management with zero spine or leadership of their own. They don’t care how hard you work, what exceptional value you bring, or how much you outperform others. At the end of the day, only their chamchas and bootlickers get promoted and rewarded with hikes while real performers are ignored. The work culture is straight-up toxic and rotten from the top. Management behaves like it doesn’t even exist, and senior leadership keeps firing random bullets in the air hoping something works. If it does, they take credit. If it doesn’t, they start firing people and blaming employees for poor earnings and their own incompetence. And don’t even make the mistake of giving honest feedback in NPS surveys thinking upper management actually cares. Those puppets will somehow dig out who wrote it, and after that you’ll be treated differently for daring to speak the truth. This company runs on favoritism, politics, fear, and toxicity not talent, hard work, or performance. Anyone joining should seriously think twice before stepping into this mess.

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

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