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The Princeton Review

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The Princeton Review reviews

3.5

68% would recommend to a friend

(805 total reviews)

Joshua Hyoung-Jun Park

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

The Princeton Review has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 805 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Princeton Review employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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805 reviews
2.0
Jan 26, 2012

Not recommended

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My peers made it a bearable place to work.

Cons

No room for growth. No communication between departments. Employees shuffled around like robots. No one has accountability. Underpaid. No communication between upper and lower levels.

2.0
Jan 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I do love teaching, and I think I do a good job of it. The "Master Instructors" who can teach students (usually the ones who pay more) or teach regular instructors like myself vary in skill. I've had the pleasure of working with some very intelligent people, but I'm not sure that will be the consistent experience.

Cons

It seems like total anarchy in management. Pay issues are a chronic problem. So is technical support, and this is for instructors, never mind the students! HR is very poor at responding to employees' questions and concerns. Teaching plans are very poorly coordinated. Last minute emails and phone calls to schedule 2+ hour long classes seem the norm. That leaves almost no prep time for instructors. Also, I thought instructors would by better trained, but in fact two 8-hr sessions over a single weekend are deemed sufficient. I trained with several ppl with dubious credentials - watching them teach, I saw them make some basic mistakes in their chosen subject. That was concerning, especially b/c kids are paying several thousands for these classes.

1.0
Jan 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to help high schoolers who want to learn an opportunity to increase their score and even get in the college of their choice.

Cons

The office is not very helpful, especially the "Director of Operations" (who has been demoted to Operations Manager due to poor leadership). No raises ever for any instructor. Constant backstabbing and decreasing pay or cutting off hours, after working them to "save money on the bottom line". Office only cares about bottom line, not the front line.

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