OpenSesame reviews

It was shocking to realize that a company that sells e-learning employs just a couple of instructional designers. Almost no one there actually understands adult learning theory and instructional design principles. - In June 2023, we heard from the CEO that the company was doing well. Five months later, on November 8, they laid off 15% of their workforce, including me, at a surprise meeting in the middle of the day. - There are some weird practices, such as the requirement to send a daily email to the CEO and other leaders during the first 30 days of employment. After that period, we were still required to send weekly emails. - There was a lot of "just because" busy work. - Waste of time and resources, like the all-hands-on-deck meeting where a slide deck was brainstormed, slide by slide, via Zoom, syncronously, by all the employees. - Elementary school environment.

The work culture here is the worse I've ever experienced. No clear strategy or focus, departments do not work well together, no prioritization, and no fun or excitement. You are overworked and feel like you're literally running on a hamster wheel here. There's these nice leadership retreats (ex: Coachella/Palm Springs) that happen every quarter but they still can't figure out how to improve things at the company level. Who knows what's discussed at these retreats because I never see any changes or improvements after each one. Some people legit flying under the rug and get away with doing the absolute bare minimum, close to nothing. It's pretty sad to see especially when other individuals and other departments are held accountable for goals and actually doing work but some people aren't. Everyone thinks the marketing department has challenges (which they do) but it's actually the entire organization that has a work culture issue, and that trickles down to the marketing department as well. How the sales team treats and talks to the marketing team is a cultural issue that needs to improve asap. Everyone needs to do better. Meetings, meetings, and more meetings. When do you have time to do work and get things done? There's meetings about meetings. More to-dos and tasks from meetings. Meetings with no clear agendas. Just meeting to say you had a meeting. It's sad this company provides professional development and helps companies with onboarding and retention but no one has talked to me about my professional growth and development or helped me develop a career growth plan, and I had a very poor, non-existent onboarding experience. OpenSesame doesn't walk the talk. OpenSesame qualified is a joke.