ALISON Reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)
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Mike Feerick

72% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

ALISON has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALISON 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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58 reviews
4.0
Apr 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

work life balance and open

Cons

bad management and lack of efficiency

1.0
Sep 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not a lot: the staff, the initially attractive compensation package, the concept of free education for all.

Cons

Scratch the surface and the concept of free education is rubbish - the company is about making money. The CEO, Michael Feerick, is a delusional narcissist who treats staff like they are disposable. He's almost incapable of holding a conversion face to face, preferring to email people that are sitting just feet away from his desk - and if you take a job here expect to get emails at all hours, he will expect a response immediately. He is also known to fire staff on a whim, even by his favourite medium of communication...email. I would rather face a life of unemployment than ever work there again.

1.0
Dec 7, 2015

Worst company in the world

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary was ok. Employees were nice. It's a shame that they ruined it for everyone with their behaviour. Located in Galway which is a nice place.

Cons

Michael Feerick is a complete narcissist. He has no idea how to run a company. He communicates via email only and at all hours of the day and night he sends them. He can never finish one project without starting something else. He has absolutely no concept of time management or organisation. People constantly resign in their droves. He then ignores them and makes up false stories about them in his bitterness rather than addressing the fact that he is the reason that they are leaving. He never learns from his mistakes. It is everybody's fault but his in his strange mind. From the below reviews, it seems nothing has changed. I feel deeply sorry for anyone who works there.

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