Teammates, values, and focusing on students - Anonymous employee Schoolzilla Employee Review

5.0
Nov 21, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are three things that make this company the best place I have ever worked. First, I really appreciate working with some empathetic, hard-working, and funny people. Second, our team truly lives by their values, especially the focus on the mission. Last, having been here for a few years, I can see how much we improve year over year. The day to day can be really messy, but stepping back, it's exciting to make real progress on an important issue with people I enjoy.

Cons

We are working to be a diverse organization, but we're not there yet. We've done a lot to look in the mirror on ways we can improve, but I would like to us make bigger strides in this area.

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Pros

People - The people I work with are awesome! No joke - I love working with 100% of the people. They are passionate, humble, intelligent, and deeply knowledgeable in their domain. I've never been at a company where the people are this good! I believe there are several key things make this environment so great: 1) Upper management fosters the culture by example, 2) There are frequent, very small, check-ins to help people provide and receive feedback, and 3) the hiring process is "humane" - you don't feel like another number or an idiot-for-not-knowing-the-answer-to-problem-x during the interview process. Don't get me wrong - the interview process is tough - you are just not made to feel ridiculously inept after the interview Purpose - The purpose of company (a Public Benefit Corporation) to enable teachers, schools, parents and students to make education better with data is a great purpose and gives you the "warm fuzzies" when you solve tough problems for customers Product - The product meets the needs of its users in the way the users need the product. Having a very user focused product makes the product attractive and being close to the customer is very validating when we can solve problems for that customer.

Cons

As with any startup or smallish company, documentation is lacking and "tribal knowledge" abounds. Breaking through both of these issues is a challenge.

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