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National Math and Science Initiative reviews

2.8

47% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)
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Jeremy Anderson

51% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

National Math and Science Initiative has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 40 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The National Math and Science Initiative employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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40 reviews
1.0
Jun 24, 2016

I would stay away.

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Pros

Great mission. NOT apart of Common core. this has been reported in other reviews here so i thought i would clear that up they do not use common core or participate in anything with it. Good benefits Health, Vision. Good PTO. They do look within to fill roles. Great new CEO who is trying to turn the company around. Don't give up on him.

Cons

Dental is poor. They do look within to fill roles. This being said, you have to be part of the clique in order to be considered. HR department is cringe worthy and will go out of their way to either be out of the office or just flat out ignore you. The worst HR team in the business. Pay is poor and extremely under market. I think they are trying to fix this. There are great people that work here but you have to be part of their "clique" in order to feel at home. This place is very gossipy. Everyone acts as if they are in high school when it comes to talking about people even the HR person. HR is probably the worst about talking about other employees and spreading information. The leadership is extremely split and wont be easy to communicate with. It feels at times that they are all working against each other especially when it comes to them dealing with the IT department. The IT department is under the poorest management I've seen at any company I have been at. They are throwing away hundreds of thousands of dollars and no one is auditing them. I would advise donors to stay away as they run rampant with their funds in the IT department.

1.0
Jul 13, 2015

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

The location. And the office space was nice and clean. That's about it.

Cons

No idea where to begin. The whole company is built on a fundamentally flawed concept which is the common core standards. They are always borderline bankrupt, probably because their executives all make obscenely high salaries to do very little while they continue to lay off people who actually do the work.It is the worst good ol' boys network I've ever been around in more than 25 years in the workplace - if you're not "one of them," they will let you know through their body language and make it as uncomfortable for you as possible. That's what happened t me. They are all former teachers who think they are smarter than everyone else, and they let me know from day one through their actions that I was not on the same plane as them and they didn't think I belonged with them. Somehow I lasted a year and a half. When they decided to let me go, my direct supervisor did not even have the guts to face me. She did not show up for the meeting. . she had her supervisor do her dirty work. Office politics at its worst. I was fired for "not being one of them," plain and simple. They've had a couple of massive layoffs since I left, so that should tell you all you need to know about their financial well-being. If you're not "one of them," you WILL get treated like dirt. Consider yourself warned.

3.0
May 26, 2015

disorganized

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Pros

Location, good pay, great mission

Cons

Employees are unmotivated Disorganized Politics in the office

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