Prodigy Education Employee Reviews about "learning fund"

Pros

People are great Lots of opportunities for someone to learn and grow their own skills (Learning Fund) Leadership does take the time to understand what you need to grow in your own career

Cons

The company is growing and will have to make changes where it's needed. The changes may result in different work for others that they may not be use too.

Pros

- gym and learning fund - work culture (for the most part, depending on your department)

Cons

When I first started with Prodigy, it seemed like an amazing company with great culture and I was very excited to be on board, despite starting while they were already remote due to Covid. This continued for a while until my workload wasn’t manageable to finish in my 9-5 hours, and my compensation was lower than any other job I had in the same role at other companies, yet I was doing double the work. We were continuously promised no more lay offs after an entire department got laid off, and yet here they are again laying off another large amount of people. Other cons: - extreme meeting culture - shady approach to decision making and vague answers to employee's questions - one of the CEO's is very snobby, doesn't bother to learn anyone's name and gives off a very entitled vibe, but the other one is kind and humble - low compensation for large workload

Pros

- Got to get to know and work with lots of great people - Great benefits - Lots of perks (snacks, gym and learning fund, swag) - Great training and development opportunities

Cons

- Shifting strategies on a quarterly basis caused frustration and burnout - Went from a caring culture to HIGH PERFORMANCE and over night ( literally) - You laid off the whole sales department...... - You shot yourself in the foot when it comes to embedding the program into the K-12 landscape. Form partnerships across the US and leave them "high and dry". Good luck coming back from that. The trust is gone

Pros

- Flexibility and consideration during COVID/remote work - Perks and extra benefits (gym and learning fund, etc)

Cons

- Compensation is below market average (this review will get replied to from People Ops saying we have reviews twice a year which we do...But bands are below market average) - The executive team does not listen to employees. I've been in sooooooo many meetings where someone will ask why we are doing it a certain way and verbatim the answer we got was "because X CEO or X executive wants it that way". How is "because I say so" a valid response? - Overwhelming process bloat. Initiatives take forever to launch, and require sign-off from 8-10 different people. - High turnover, with no pathway to replacing senior employees. We also laid off parts of three departments this year -Mid level leaders are leaving due to untenable working relationships with our executive team - Monthly one on ones make it seem like you are re-interviewing for the job you already have. "Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond..." - We secured external investment and have done nothing with it. When asked about it in all-hands, we've received different answers. - We get canned corpo-speak answers during an all hands. You can literally see executives reading off of a script. I'd love it if we could hear real opinions from our executive team. I do have to give credit to Alex and Rohan though, because they are often more relaxed in how the address concerns and questions.

Pros

- Lots of good people - Salary - Small gym and learning fund - Opportunities for career advancement

Cons

Prodigy has lost the good culture and investment in its people that many past reviewers refer to. - They no longer prioritize high impact work and the executive team causes frequent trashing. - There is no work-life balance, making it a terrible company for people with a family. A 60-hour week is typical. - There is widespread burnout, low morale, and high turnover. - It's very process-heavy and yet chaotic.

Pros

Lots of opportunity to get experience doing new things, great mission, most people very kind. Lots of perks, very inclusive environment, generous learning fund. Upper management makes it easy to set up career paths.

Cons

Some small areas within Prodigy don’t align with values. Taking credit for other people’s work is tolerated. Alliances can make it difficult to collaborate effectively. Opportunities for growth vary depending on your squad.

Pros

Amazing culture, awesome place to grow in your career, full health benefits, monthly gym and learning fund, social hour, fitness consultant to help with the physical and the mental health.

Cons

I could not think of any.

Pros

They put a lot of effort into their culture, and it shows! I care less about the ping pong and smash bros and pizza, those things are nice but they pale in comparison to the other things prodigy has going: - Actual attempts to foster radical candor - Positive work-life balance (yes actually) - Transparency around everything from decision making to salary bands - Plenty of opportunity to learn and grow in your role or move to a new one (there's a learning fund!) - A very strong, transformative vision that you can't help but get behind - Constantly eliciting feedback at all levels - Direct management trusts you to do your job and supports you when needed (at least mine does) - Salary is respectable - Benefits are great and start from day 1

Cons

- Missing a good remote work policy. I'm not sure if management just hasn't considered this yet, or if they are anti-remote. I'm hoping the former because the latter could feel like a lack of trust in employees. Maybe there's a fear that the culture will be diluted. If so, there are plenty of great ways to support the culture across offices and timezones. I gave Compensations & Benefits and Work/Life Balance 4 starts out of 5 because I think remote work kind of fits into both those categories. Otherwise both would have been a 5!

Pros

There are lots of pros, but I'll share four that mean the most to me ... - Personal growth: Thanks to a fairly-generous learning fund and a company-wide belief in continuous learning, I've been able to read books, take courses and attend conferences on a regular basis to accelerate my career growth. I've been with Prodigy for more than two years, and have come a long way in terms of mastering my craft. - Company growth: Prodigy just keeps growing. And growing. And growing. We have millions of students around Canada and United States using us on a regular basis. We're also successfully expanding into markets such as India, Australia and the United Kingdom. It's an exciting time. - Mission: I identify quite personally with Prodigy's mission to make learning fun and accessible. I wish I had this product when I was a kid. So, I genuinely feel like the work I'm doing helps students learn and teachers teach. In fact, I *know* it does because our users tell us every day! - Team members: It sounds super cliche, but I learn something new from a different team member almost every day. I'm incredibly privileged to work with such smart, passionate people.

Cons

Only one comes to mind as I write this. It's great having formal 1-on-1s each month with your manager to encourage feedback and transparency while building a strong relationship. But, in addition to informal weekly check-ins, the questions and discussion topics get a little repetitive.

Pros

There are many pros to working at Prodigy. 1. Great mission! To help enable every child in the world to love learning. It's not "make the most money" or "be the best at...", it's all about the children and helping them to love learning. Awesome! 2. The People. I have yet to run into 'that guy', and I don't think there is one here. They take their hiring process very seriously, with a technical and a cultural interview, and even if you succeed at one, you might not at the other. Everyone is friendly and enthusiastic about working here. 3. The 'Perks'. Great healthy snacks, tons of games in the lunchroom, ping pong, basketball, and a fantastic Team Building Committee that focuses on making our work life great! Plus a great Health and Learning fund! 4. The Growth. They are building out the team fast and we are growing so quickly. There are lots of opportunities to grow in your role and take on more responsibilities.

Cons

Right now, because of the growth, we are spread out within the building so it makes it difficult to bond with people on different floors. But this is just a short term problem, everything else is GREAT.