K12 reviews

3.5

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,456 total reviews)

James Rhyu

59% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

K12 has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,456 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The K12 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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1K reviews
1.0
Nov 8, 2011

Amazing That This Company is Still in Business

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Pros

- Great place to hide in a bad economy. - Great location along the Dulles toll road, very close to local restaurants. - Great place to learn what NOT TO DO in a corporate environment.

Cons

- Most of the truly creative and innovative team members have left the company years ago leaving behind a group of really hard workers that tend to work in circles.They work hard but they have become zombies still clinging onto ideas from when Clinton was President. - Totally disconnected senior management team. I mean listen Motley Fool, do your homework on these people before you write your next glowing review. There have been no corporate goals shared with the rank and file for well over five years. Basic communication regarding annual reviews, hiring processes, and financials is totally nonexistent at this company. There are close to a dozen information "portals" where team members are supposed to find information and most all of them conflict and are hopelessly out of date. - Probably the most dysfunctional management team ever assembled under one logo. - Quality of lessons has taken a huge downturn as the marketing team does a bait and switch with customers. The lessons they showed me in the interview are NOT the ones we are making today. - Ancient technology. I really don't mind working on Windows XP, however, I do mind that the impossible deadline given to me is relying on servers that go down daily. That is not an exaggeration, it happens daily. It's hard to work for a company where corporate executives cash out millions of dollars in stock and I am forced to work yet again tonight past 8 PM because they continue to go cheap on the technology. Ah yes, another 12 hour day coming up, at least I am close to the toll road.

2.0
Mar 18, 2011

Very poorly operated business

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro is that K12 is trying to make a difference in children's education, and most customers seem happy. However, the pros essentially stop there.

Cons

Communication is dead. Emails go into a black hole with no response. Other employees seem to skirt responsibility by avoiding you, i.e. collaboration is non-existent. There are seemingly dozens of Vice Presidents, which dilutes the effects of leadership. Executives ignore employee feedback and avoid issues that everyone is disgruntled with, pretending that the issues will go away if ignored. Everyone is told that K12 can't afford to give raises, but it's well known that some people are getting them and it's a public company, we can all see the millions in cash the company is raking in. Most people haven't had a raise in three years while executives are reaping huge bonuses and giant salaries. Overall, the company culture is poisonous, although there are a few people who are a pleasure to work with. Money is wasted continuously (i.e. flying people all over the country when work can be done from the office), which frustrates people when they are told there is no money for even cost of living raises.

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