Does Renaissance Learning pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Renaissance Learning employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Renaissance Learning. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Renaissance Learning?

34% of Renaissance Learning employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Renaissance Learning 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Renaissance Learning?

Account Manager (29) , Account Executive (23) , Sales (21) , Software Engineer (16) , Customer Success Manager (12) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (12) , Marketing (12) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Consultant (9) , Manager (9) , Customer Support Representative (6) , Product Manager (6) , Product Owner (6) , Project Manager (6) , Customer Success (5)

What are the pros of working at Renaissance Learning according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and mission!" ((in 51 reviews)); "good benefits and good amount of vto" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good work life balance during the winter" ((in 30 reviews)); "Great culture and leadership engagement." ((in 23 reviews)); "Good work from home options (covid related)" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Renaissance Learning according to real employee reviews?

"Hard to advance, some micro management" ((in 30 reviews)); "Pay is low and should be higher" ((in 26 reviews)); "Annual layoffs and reorganization for the last few years have contributed to a sense of instability." ((in 20 reviews)); "Horrible upper management." ((in 11 reviews)); "Salaries are below average, you can make more basically anywhere else." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Renaissance Learning layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Renaissance Learning layoffs and their outlook for job security at Renaissance Learning in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Renaissance Learning locations?

Wisconsin Rapids , Madison , New York , Minneapolis , Wisc Rapids , Vancouver , Chicago , Houston , San Francisco , Wausau , Colorado Springs , Portland , Atlanta , Bloomington , Roanoke , Milwaukee , Grand Rapids , Charlotte , Austin , Dallas , Irvine , Orange , San Diego , Fremont , Denver , Tampa , Florida City , Newark , Birmingham , Homewood

Renaissance Learning reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(127 total reviews)

Chris Bauleke

33% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.3

Career opportunities

2.2

Senior management

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

127 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

Return to all reviews

4.0

Mar 14, 2017

A great place to work, but becoming very "corporate"

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, a very nice place to be employed. The employees are topnotch, intelligent, and hardworking. The work that the company does is highly commendable, and I am generally very proud to tell people that I work here. The benefits are good, management is approachable, but very busy, and work schedules are flexible including enabling most of us to do some or all work from home.

Cons

Pay scales are way off in some areas. While a seemingly endless number of Chief-(fill in the blank)-Officers are hired from outside firms, and software engineers are lured in at high salaries, lower level employees work for less than the going rate and are given yearly, minute raises, if any. In my position, I make over 15% less than what the market dictates. I've seen it before, and it's a wonderful family-owned company that has been bought out by a big investment firm, and the bottom line is profitability. We've seen department budgets decrease as the company excels. Also, in certain positions, there is no opportunity whatsoever to advance. Jack Lynch was a great CEO and is a loss to the company.

Renaissance Learning Response

9y

Thank you for taking time to write your review. I’m happy to read that you’re proud to say you work at Renaissance. I also appreciate your comments on compensation and career advancement. We are always monitoring market-compensation to ensure we’re competitive and we’ll continue to do so. Soon we will be introducing Career Pathways, a program will help provide employees with a better understanding of both their overall career path and the opportunities available within Renaissance. You can expect to hear more about this in the near future. Thanks again for writing. – Kim Mitchell, Chief People Officer

4.0

Dec 19, 2016

One of the best companies in Ed-Tech to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very mission driven, great balance between mission and the business results it takes to be able to invest back into driving to the mission. Very transparent from CEO thru senior leadership team - share a lot on how the company is doing, key priorities and status across team. Recent hires have a greater drive for results (indicative of other tech companies they have come from). Culture is changing - not a bad thing as the market is much more competitive - however many are having a hard time in dealing with change

Cons

Organization is not fully ready for change - and many work hard to hold a brick wall to change citing change is counter to mission - i don't agree with that. Too many locations making it hard to get cross-departmental work done. Still too many teams operating in silo's citing they did what they were told to and not stepping out of the box to think of better ways to do things and work across functions - getting better but ways to go. IT infrastructure gets in the way and is not enabling the business to seek opportunities for success.

1.0

Oct 4, 2016

No Voice

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The product is focused on educating and helping teachers work more successfully with data for each child.

Cons

If you question what is happening or point out a flaw in what is going on then you are accused of having a bad attitude. This is prevalent throughout the company. There isn't a strategy or vision so people are lost and micromanaged from higher ups. The approach is outdated and there isn't opportunity to learn. The pay is just under competitive. Long hours are expected to compensate for bad leadership decisions. The culture is hierarchical and patriarchal. The people do not have a voice in what is happening.

Viewing 121 - 123 of 127 Reviews

Jobs at Renaissance Learning

Psychometric Data Analyst II

Psychometric Data Analyst II

Accounts Receivable Specialist II

Part-Time District Consultant -Baltimore