Tragic - Anonymous employee Promethean World Employee Review

1.0
May 30, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People who actually did the work within the teams on the ground were great - endlessly patient, hard-working, knowledgeable. Some great talent that is sadly being wasted.

Cons

Senior management do not listen, only interested in the share price. Its a company that tried to change from being a hardware manufacturer to being a technology services provider - as it should have done - but then got scared, and decided to make handheld mobile devices just as the ipad took over the world. Great decision. What a shame.

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5.0
Jan 12, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Management and teams are helpful, caring, and supportive. Everyone is there to help all succeed

Cons

There is nothing at the moment. Feel lucky to work there.

2.0
Oct 10, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Promethean was once a great place to work, driven by a clear mission, strong culture, and people who genuinely cared about education. Collaboration and flexibility made it a company employees were proud to represent. That changed as poor leadership, declining products, and investor-focused decisions eroded everything that made it special. The people and flexibility were the only positives left. My colleagues were talented and dedicated, but even they couldn’t offset the instability and leadership failures that became routine.

Cons

The company has endured several layoffs in just two years, creating constant fear and instability. Employees were repeatedly told the cuts were over, only to see entire teams eliminated without warning. Leadership dismissed feedback from those closest to customers and the market. The once best-in-class product has been reduced to a shell of its former self in pursuit of short-term revenue. Strategy shifts every few months, recognition is nonexistent, and remaining staff are overworked with minimal budget and support. Executives are disconnected and more concerned with control than progress. A company once defined by innovation and purpose now feels directionless and depleted.

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