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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
5.0
Aug 26, 2012

A fun job with great pay

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Pros

This is one of the most unusual companies in the world. They stress the importance of being real, being casual, and having fun. A former boss once said, "If you're not having fun with this job, you're doing something wrong." The pay is good, too -- thanks to teaching for TPR, I was able to survive three bouts of being otherwise unemployed.

Cons

Sometimes management can have knee-jerk reactions and will shoot first before asking questions. Thankfully, this doesn't happen often. The biggest problem you'll have, really, as an instructor with The Princeton Review, is back-stabbing students and parents, who despite singing your praises while tutoring or teaching, and despite significant score increases, will feel you didn't do a good job. (Two examples -- I had a GRE student whose score increased 160 points but still gave me a terrible review, and an ACT student whose father was not satisfied with a 5-point score increase despite the guarantee of 3 points, and the fact that such a huge score increase is extremely rare.)

4.0
Aug 11, 2012

Good pay for part time work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Easy training, high pay per hour for entry level

Cons

Gets repetitive, and students can be unappreciative

4.0
Aug 8, 2012

Not too bad

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Pros

- You get to pick and choose your schedule - The pay is relatively high in comparison to minimum wage - Less interaction with management - Fixed lesson plan makes work easier

Cons

- Long training period - Have to deal with multiple managers - There might be an annoying kid or two (hasn't happened to me)

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