Full time Corporate employee - Anonymous employee ETS Employee Review

4.0
Nov 16, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There is a genuine focus on fairness to the test-takers and research to provide evidence to support practices that are adopted. As far as the work - it's interesting, collegues are very diverse, and there is some flexibility. This can vary wideley based on who your manager is and what level job you have. As you can imagine, more autonomy and flexibility with higher-level and longer service as you build trust. Benefits are good - vacation time starts at 3 weeks for full time employees, plus 7 days of Paid Time Off - can be used for sick or other obligations (or together with vacation time). Health insurance options are generous. Corporate culture of charitable giving. Overall it's a great place to work. I haven't take advantage of it yet, but you can apply for tuition reimbursement to seek an MBA or advanced degree on the side. . . .

Cons

Can have intense projects, deadlines, and expectations, but in my experience, efforts are rewarded. (Watch out on Glassdoor - many of the critical reviews are posted by part-time readers/scorers who work from home - and that pay has not changed much in years as it's frequently determined by clients and contracts. Unfortunately, if a client can get the scoring done by a competitor who promises lower cost, ETS has to be competitive.)

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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