Kaplan reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,588 total reviews)

Andrew S. Rosen

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Kaplan has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,588 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kaplan 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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3K reviews
2.0
Mar 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Teaching at Kaplan is a good part time job for students in either college or grad school. Decent number of hours each week. I taught about 8 hours each week during classes but then around 40 during break. Starting pay of $22 per hour is not bad comparatively and you use to be able to move the pay scale pretty quickly.

Cons

Bad management at all levels beyond center academics; primarily due to incompetence but also just poor management structure and poor human resource management. Full time employees are all over worked and under paid. Cost cutting across the company means most employees do the job of three positions. Recently froze employee salaries, banning merit raises unless under "special" circumstances. Focus too much on the business (i.e. making more money) rather than improving the product or the service.

2.0
Mar 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay was decent for the location.

Cons

Management was constantly changing, and chaotic. We had a new "goal" about every other month. Management was chosen by the buddy system and by personality. An example: The man chosen to manage the purchasing department came from the automobile industry, and had absolutely no publishing background. Worse, he had little interest in learning about publishing or book printing, which his department dealt with. At one point, the company announced a large number of layoffs, then held a party/meeting two months later, and was surprised that not all employees were so enthusiastic. Competency and dedication were meaningless.

3.0
Mar 5, 2009

Good company--not great pay.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good work environment. Also, there's the ability to move up in the company without putting in too much time. Good benefits as well .

Cons

The pay is not comparable to that of other companies. They have also done away with annual raises.

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