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      Penn Foster Group

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      Penn Foster Group reviews

      2.5

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (278 total reviews)

      Kermit Cook

      65% approve of CEO

      30% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Penn Foster Group has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 278 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Penn Foster Group employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      278 reviews
      1.0
      Jul 18, 2021

      Toxic work environment

      Instructional designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good training Some coworkers were helpful

      Cons

      Toxic work environment which coworkers were constantly causing problems/gossiping/isolating others. Favoritism was the worst. Also worked on several projects for months which then would be scrapped so wasting productivity on nonsensical money draining projects.

      1.0
      Jul 13, 2021

      A dishonest company

      Student services
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Health Benefits were pretty good

      Cons

      Penn Foster bought Ashworth. They used the covid pandemic as an excuse to layoff people they didn't want anymore. Now you have all these Penn Foster/Ashworth jobs listed. I thought they would call people back, and offer them their jobs back.

      3.0
      Jul 11, 2021

      Working at Penn Foster

      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Individuals on teams are great to work with. You can take courses for free. A large variety of roles in different departments throughout the company. Lots of good-hearted, caring people, including CEO. Good vacation time without guilt. Decent amount of autonomy and work/life balance. Good intentions.

      Cons

      Health insurance is unreasonably expensive. Many in leadership are behind-the-curve and upside-down in expertise. Lots of talk, not a lot of action. A great place to allow your career to flounder with promises of growth. It appears wonderful at first, just don't overstay your welcome. They're trying to work on pay fairness but the company is notorious for underpaying and also cycles through layoffs. Regular emails are sent to employees to leave positive Glassdoor reviews. The company wants to level up in success but is consistently mediocre in its choices and its results.

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