Great Content, Awesome Mission, Poor Management - Anonymous employee Udacity Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome Learning Platform for freshers and working professionals who have just started their careers. I see people motivated to work because of the mission to democratize education and see Udacity as a major brand

Cons

Management lays off employees too often. No hierarchy in any of the functions, Hence, there is not much of a growth path planned for employees unless they make one on whims and fancies before appraisals as a retention plan to manage attrition (Don't like, you are free to leave) Management do not have any measuring criteria to evaluate performances and growth is highly based on impression than facts. Talking about what you are doing is found more relevant than actual outcomes of your work.

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3.0
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Pros

Strong team, worked with really smart people.

Cons

Compensation sounded great until you learned the market could not sustain the growth rates the company was targeting. Company tried to scale way too fast. 10% of team hit quota. 90% missed quota. 40% sold almost nothing.

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