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General Assembly reviews

3.5

34% would recommend to a friend

(624 total reviews)

Daniele Grassi

43% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

General Assembly has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 624 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Assembly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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624 reviews
2.0
Dec 28, 2015

Instruction and Website

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

GA hired some talented people. Space was nice though crowded for employees.

Cons

This was a place where the management truly had no idea what they were doing and skated off of their belief in their coolness. Their strategy changed literally every week and there was absolutely no way to stay informed about what the new strategy was (if there was indeed an explicit new direction) unless you happened to be there when it was formed and the only way to be there when it was formed was if you happened to work every night past midnight which meant you could only work there and stay informed if you had no family. It is a TERRIBLE place to work if you are an adult or if you have ever had a job before and know anything about how jobs are supposed to work. The arrogance of the founders was something to behold. And without cause. (In other words, they had nothing to be so arrogant about.). Lastly, they are known for their good education program but that program is based solely on the intelligence of SOME Of their instructors - there is no formal program for keeping the classes consistent or high quality. So a GA course really doesn't necessarily mean that you will learn much.

1.0
May 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great team Good coffee Flexible hours (with lots of red tape)

Cons

Poor unqualified managers in all markets Secrecy leads to not knowing how to please your boss Lots of needless reviews LOWEST PAY No training or support - you are totally on your own Lots of meetings that get nothing done, but set you back Did I mention incompetence with managers?

2.0
Dec 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to feel motivated by the organization's mission - to radically shift the classroom-to-career pipeline and create additional on-ramps to professional opportunities.

Cons

Knowledge management is a huge concern - there are multiple central sources of truth across their global campuses. No playbook or blue print for how to ramp up to the organization and your role within. Onboarding is ripe for redesign - all learning is self-directed and there are no learning objectives or milestones. Managing lines aren't clear, and it can be challening to report to different managers in different functions. I wasn't entirely sure to whom, and to what goals, I was primarily accountable. The team on the ground felt palpably stressed, and student experience was paramount, but tough to manage. Very much a "build the plane while flying it" type introduction to the organization, which feels like setting up employees and the firm's brand to fail.

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