Is The Princeton Review a good company to work for?

The Princeton Review has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 878 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 68% of employees would recommend working at The Princeton Review to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Princeton Review have been left by employees working as Campus Representative , Teacher and SAT Teacher .

Does The Princeton Review pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Princeton Review employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Princeton Review. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Princeton Review?

68% of The Princeton Review employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Princeton Review 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Princeton Review?

Instructor (60) , Tutor (49) , Teacher (33) , Campus Representative (30) , SAT Instructor (23) , SAT Teacher (22) , SAT Tutor (15) , MCAT Instructor (12) , Administrative Assistant (9) , Business Development Manager (9) , Marketing (8) , SAT/ACT Tutor (8) , Teacher/Tutor (7) , Operations Manager (6) , Outreach Specialist (6)

What are the pros of working at The Princeton Review according to real employee reviews?

"good pay (for part time)" ((in 70 reviews)); "Flexible hours and schedule." ((in 52 reviews)); "I've gotten great training (except once) and the materials we give to students are materials I trust." ((in 36 reviews)); "Many of the tutoring positions are great for people working another job or for students that are free on nights and weekends." ((in 35 reviews)); "Staff was friendly and helpful." ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Princeton Review according to real employee reviews?

"disorganized management sometimes made it tough to deliver good service" ((in 41 reviews)); "Low salary compared to competitors" ((in 17 reviews)); "No benefits unless you're full" ((in 12 reviews)); "Upper management were clueless, no sense of responsibility." ((in 11 reviews)); "Poor communication with supervisory and administrative staff in resolving issues, scheduling work hours, and answering other questions." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Princeton Review layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed The Princeton Review locations?

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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

Ratings by category

4.3

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

805 reviews

2.0

Sep 29, 2008

Cheap pay, not that bad of a short term job for people straight out of college looking desperately for work.

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get the job. Everyone who got approved for the training thing got hired. Pretty flexible with work hours - I was able to come in early now and then, and it didn't seem to be a problem that it meant I could get off early. It was even mentioned before we were hired that it was possible to do such a thing. Mgmt doesn't criticize you much because they aren't paying you much anyway! The people were fairly nice, and the bosses are nice too.

Cons

Lousy pay. Corporate environment. Felt like unimportant cattle all lined up in a row of computers. It gets boring after a while. Nobody seems to be excited about being there.

3.0

Jul 13, 2008

One of best part-time jobs a college student could ask for.

Instructor

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome place to be working for as a college student as mentioned. SoCal TPR is different than most other TPR places, with a fairly laid-back employee setting allowing for flexible part-time hours ideal for somebody still in school. Applying was easy, the real interview is training for courses where, especially for SAT I, they are pretty hard about doing teachbacks making sure that the quality of your teaching skills are up to par. It's always very satisfying to hear back from kids who tell you that you got them into college. Pay can't be beat also for the work being done.

Cons

Management definitely plays favorites, a you scratch my back I'll scratch yours sort of thing. Have to plan out hours way in advance to make sure that your current schedule won't conflict and teaching classes is a sort of first come, first serve type deal. Not too much room for advancement unless you looking to start working full time as more than a teacher.

3.0

Jun 18, 2008

Good job for a college freshman, bad job for everyone else.

Course instructor

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Pros

When you're a college student, your employment options are very limited. Unless you're a technical genius or an upperclassman who landed a competitive internship, you're down to working in food service or working at the mall. Princeton Review lets you work doing something that, hopefully, every college student is competent at - taking the SAT. Everyone starts out teaching the SAT, but if you want to teach other exam prep courses (GMAT, LSAT, etc.) you can even if you haven't taken the exam yourself. They'll pay you to go through a boot-camp version of the course and if you get it then you can teach it. If not, hey, you got to take a $1,000 course for pay. Also, the pay is quite good (for a 19 yr old). Somewhere along the lines of $14 to $18 an hour to start.

Cons

Except for maybe 3 or 4 managers, everyone at every Princeton Review franchise works under part-time status, no matter how many hours you work. Therefore, the benefits are limited to how many test prep books you can hoard (yes, people do this, and yes this is probably stealing from the company). You work with teenagers but have no means of backing your authority whatsoever. Want to kick out a trouble maker? Too bad, because refunding the parents' thousand bucks is a thousand bucks less for the company. Nevermind if it compromises the other students' learning. Travel is also pain. You have to commute all over town and, like other teachers, you don't get paid for work you do outside of the classroom like grading, preparing lesson plans, etc. Princeton Review also recently settled a class action suit in CA for basically treating their tutors like crap and not paying them when and what they were supposed to.

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