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      3.4

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (156 total reviews)

      Jerrad Tausz

      42% approve of CEO

      40% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture and values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      Fullstack Academy has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 156 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fullstack Academy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      156 reviews
      3.0
      May 4, 2018

      Some great people, lots of problems

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I met some of the most amazing people here and luckily those people are who I spent most of my day with. The mission and point of Fullstack can be very fulfilling. Grace Hopper, deferred tuition and WDF are amazing.

      Cons

      - PTO is 5 days plus 2 weeks at year end, which is very unreasonable in terms of how much people work every day every other week of the year. - 9-6 is often not the only amount of time you are expected to work. - Broey culture is increasing and seems to be supported by execs. - Underrepresented groups often have to get white men to echo their issues before their is anything done (even if all minority people speak up for themselves). - If you raise issues you can become a pariah if you are in an underrepresented group. - Male dominance in leadership. The one woman leading a group (career success) doesn't get the same title. Concerns of discrimination are present. - It is very concerning that the school has Grace Hopper and WDF when they don't seem to actually support those people / values internally. - Management is untrained and very poor in terms of giving feedback (positive or negative), organization and goal setting. - Metrics people are measured on are often opposing other groups (e.g. class size vs rate of job acquisition after graduation) and not clearly described to people anyways. - It seems that large class sizes are what Fullstack is pushing for and moving towards, which strains everyone and often lowers the quality of graduates.

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      Fullstack Academy Response
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      Hi - I lead People Ops @ Fullstack Academy. Thanks for your feedback. We really appreciate your candid review and sharing your experience with other job seekers. We recognize that we aren’t perfect, and it’s feedback like this that’s helping us to move forward and make changes. In 2018, for example, 60% of our new hires have been individuals from under-represented communities in tech. In fact, 60% of internal promotions since our inception have gone to Fullstaffers from underrepresented communities in tech. And we want both our new Fullstaffers and any future candidates to feel comfortable here at Fullstack, so please know this feedback will absolutely be shared with our leadership team. As for your more organizational points, we are a quickly-growing start-up, so there will always be growing pains. The more established we become, the more we’re working to put clear, sensible metrics and policies in place and to make sure our staffing keeps up with increased demand for our program. We appreciate your giving so much of yourself to our students and staff during your tenure, and wish you all the best in your next step post-Fullstack. --Dan Schneider, People Ops Lead @ Fullstack Academy
      1.0
      Mar 1, 2024

      Sinking ship run by soulless people

      Instructor
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      Pros

      - my direct manager and peers were great - helping people improve their lives is always very fulfilling - we were mostly left alone to do as we saw fit as long as we were performing well - fully remote, benefits are decent

      Cons

      - it legitimately feels bad to provide the current product, feels like ripping students off - continually laying people off in small numbers to pretend it's not happening and keep a happy face on things - recommended to not take PTO during cohort, but they line them up back to back so you basically never get to take PTO and.... - the only company I've ever worked, including retail, at that doesn't pay out PTO; they laid off employees with upcoming surgeries, weddings, honeymoons, etc and then don't even pay out the PTO which is truly absolutely reprehensible - got bought out by Simplilearn, a giant foreign corporation, which is in turn owned by Blackstone, the ultimate big bad company - management has no idea what they're doing; a bunch of grade school teachers running an adult learning academy and destroying it just like the public education system they came from - the layoff Zoom call lasted 3 minutes and I wasn't able to get a word in edgewise, totally classless - the curriculum is embarrassing; people are paying $20k for an education and half the workshops are broken or directions don't make sense - feedback is encouraged unless it's negative or goes agains the company line; an entire staff channel got nuked after someone made a complaint about the curriculum that turned into a bigger conversation - business is obviously on the decline as they continually cancel or push back new cohort start dates, layoffs are sure to continue - overall, management totally disregards what more experienced ICs have to say to the detriment of all and eventually resulting in those ICs being laid off since there are no longer enough students to support the number of instructors

      1.0
      Jan 24, 2024

      Fraud alert

      Lead instructor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      0 positives thing to say other than, freedom.

      Cons

      Owned by simplylearn fired everyone and hired indian worker because it was cheaper. Stay away from this company.

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