CEO is lazy, can't lead, and wouldn't take accountability - Director Quizlet Employee Review

1.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Used to have a brand but leadership killed it

Cons

CEO (Kurt) has no idea how to lead. He provides no company direction, thinking he can hire his way out of things. But he doesn't hold anyone he hires accountable and believes lower level people are the problem. Then he lays off 50% of the company, blaming them and the board. Yet, it's his company and he never takes accountability for his failure to fix the problems. Now, he's lost both the board and the company so don't understand why he's still there. Oh, and the best idea he has is to quote Jack Dorsey and some VCs in building an AI native company.

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5.0
Mar 13, 2026
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Pros

great people, good work culture, professional, flexible,

Cons

Hard to fully integrate as a contractor

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

A great group of warm, talented coworkers and middle managers who genuinely care about you as people, which made it worth staying despite bad leadership. It’s energizing to work for a product that’s well-known in education and helps millions of students learn.

Cons

The past 3+ years have been full of instability at the leadership level, and very little transparency about it, including multiple CEO changes, a revolving door of VPs, and a strategy that’s constantly changing, The engineering org was destroyed earlier this year due to poor leadership, and the product and marketing orgs were destroyed this month during the layoffs that impacted a large chunk of the teams. Struggling to see any hope of long-term success now that 50% of the talent is gone (and likely many more soon due to lack of trust and morale) and the company is relying on AI for product strategy/development.

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