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Renaissance Learning

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Renaissance Learning reviews

2.7

35% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)
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Chris Bauleke

34% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Renaissance Learning has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 557 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Renaissance Learning employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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557 reviews
4.0
Jun 9, 2017

Great Workplace with non-Competitive Pay

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Pros

Our workplace is filled with passionate and smart people, many of us former teachers, who know our stuff and love our work. The benefits package is good and getting better, we have flexible hours, and we can work from home when needed. The atmosphere is fun, and the people here are great to work with. We are proud of our work, and rightfully so.

Cons

As a satellite office, we feel disconnected from the main office in Wisconsin. This manifests itself in many ways, mainly in our pocketbooks. The job pays much less than comparable positions in the area, and we have lost many talented people over the years because of it. If it weren't for the fear of the non-compete agreement we are all required to sign when we are hired, they would probably lose many more. They have tried to address this through the years with pay raises, but a 4% annual pay raise in an area where home prices alone rise 10% annually doesn't cut it. Add to this a glass ceiling that prevents many of us from rising higher in the corporate structure and many feel trapped. We also often feel sidelined when decisions are made, as if our ideas and needs aren't considered, and are called on to do last-minute work (or rework) that we have warned management about, but our warnings have been ignored. Our tools get steadily worse, but fixing them is never a priority, so we constantly learn to work around bugs and poor user design. Most of us keep a good attitude regardless of this, but low pay and a feeling of marginalization is a recipe for long-term disaster.

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Renaissance Learning Response
8y
I appreciate you writing this thoughtful review of your experience at Renaissance. I’m pleased to read your comments about the workplace and our upgraded benefits. I’m sorry, however, to read about your day-to-day experience in terms of tools, career advancement and, of course, pay. There’s no magic wand we can wave to fix all those issues at once, but we take this feedback seriously and will continue to work to improve the overall opportunity for our team. Know also that content is critical to the success of our solutions. Again, thank you for this review and for your commitment to Renaissance. — Mike Evans, Interim CEO
1.0
May 25, 2017

Great if you're looking for a backwards company

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Pros

The mission is good in theory...

Cons

Trying to be a "big" Silicon Valley company with small town people who have no college education...as mentioned before, the mission itself is good, but juxtapose as they continue to raise their prices year over year to the extent that schools can't afford it anymore. It's sad and so is the outlook of this company. Experienced sales people are going elsewhere. Not a place that offers a career, just a phone job. #deadendjob

4.0
Mar 14, 2017

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

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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.

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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
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