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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Feb 4th, 2021 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Customer Success
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New York, NY
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Good Company to Work for
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People, pay, benefits, location, telecommute
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product, senior management, sold to a new company
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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3.0
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4.0
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0
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1.0
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326794
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Jun 19th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Specialist
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United States
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USA
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Good
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Great company to work for
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Got bought out and a lot of people lost their jobs. New company is no where near as good.
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0.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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326794
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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May 7th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Director
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United States
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USA
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Wasted so much opportunity and talent
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Great people, top talent, passion for education
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Confused leadership and missed opportunities
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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4.0
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3.0
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2.0
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2.0
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326794
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Open
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Sell the company to someone with vision
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Apr 19th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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New York, NY
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Doesn't matter anymore, but my time sucked
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Espresso machine, free lunch, regular happy hours, free alcohol, pool table, dog-friendly office, catered hack days, holiday party
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The CEO is an absolute clown. The first time I met him he asked where I went to college. When I told him he responded "not our market!" Really awkward. The only time you see him is when he's giving hokey inspirational speeches complete with made up salesey catch phrases and sending completely irrelevant emails to the company meant to inspire us when they really just made us question his intelligence.
Senior leadership is extremely secretive despite the fact that they constantly advertise open communication. It's all lip service and they're all slimy. They're extremely defensive of the bad decisions they've made, especially the horrible office we moved into.
Ohhh, the office! Yeah, Knewton used to have a beautiful office with enough desks for each employee (apparently that's a luxury!), a patio, and plenty of nooks to hide in and do great work. The new office was dark, had no new mother's area when employees arrived (even though there was a new mother), was in a subway dead zone, often had one working elevator, disgusting bathrooms, and nowhere to have company-wide meetings. My commute to work usually involved being verbally assaulted by the hoards of homeless people, drug addicts, and construction workers in the area.
The worst part, by far, was having to work with the Sales team. They were put on a pedestal after the launch of Knewton's alta and touted as the people driving our company. In reality, they're the most dimwitted, narcissistic, yet demanding people I've ever seen. They treated every suggestion a professor had as something that had to be done by engineers or the product team immediately, since a lost sale could mean the loss of their job.
When the layoff happened, we got to watch some of the best employees at Knewton be carted into a room and sent home forever while the sales team all remained. Seriously, don't work here. Actually, you probably can't, because it really looks like they're trying to be bought after we were made to sip the Kool-Aid that Knewton was on a path to success and about to change the future of education. Good riddance.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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10.0
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2.0
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4.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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1.0
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326794
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Open
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Get a new CEO and fire most of the sales team.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Apr 19th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Executive Director
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United States
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USA
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Dont walk, Run away
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Challenging??? Nobody made anywhere close to the aspirational goal numbers. If you work in Sales, it is not a healthy environment.
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Many. Its just a regular old publishing job. No real departure from traditional paradigm. There really is nothing to see here, Pearson, Macmillan, any other group will keep your best interests in mind before anyone in the management team will
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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5.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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326794
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Apr 18th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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CPO
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New York, NY
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Incredible company. Incredible team. Incredible mission.
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Working with the best minds in the world to improve education through AI.
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No material cons come to mind.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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326794
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Apr 2nd, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Anonymous Employee
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United States
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USA
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Wasted potential, just another publisher
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Most ICs are really good to work with and you can learn a lot from them if you're new to the industry. But beyond that, free lunches and flexible schedules are pretty nice to have in terms of perks.
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Senior management is looking to sell the company and make whatever little money they can. There is a lot of big talk there, but very little substance. Middle management is in shambles (most, if not all, are looking out for themselves and that's it) - they either have no industry experience or have no one to learn from. No one really cares about transforming education, which is where all of Knewton's potential has been wasted. Every few months brings a new vision, but there's no one really to execute on it. No one trusts anyone, almost nothing gets done, but fingers do get pointed at frequently. If you're in the inner circle, you may feel valued, but do not be fooled into thinking that you actually are of value to the company.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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5.0
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1.0
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4.0
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1.0
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1.0
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4.0
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1.0
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326794
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Open
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Think of the hard workers when the company is sold
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Apr 1st, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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New York, NY
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Had potential, but...
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My colleagues were smart, dedicated, kind, and passionate. When I began, Knewton felt like a truly mission driven environment with a group of hard working and enthusiastic people who truly cared about making education affordable and accessible. It was fast paced but exciting, and we were all on the same "team".
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As soon as the new senior leadership came in, everything at Knewton changed. The culture became a cutthroat aggressive sales driven environment, where you were only valued if you were part of the CEO's inner circle. Senior leadership shared little information on actual company performance. It became quickly clear that the mission had pivoted from bettering education to gearing the company up for a sale. Senior leadership would benefit, those people who built the company would not.
Little opportunity for career development, unless you were friends with the club up top.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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4.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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326794
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Open
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Be honest with your employees. Instead of talking a big game of caring about people and making sweeping "inspirational" talks/posts, actually value those employees who work hard and deserve fair insight into company performance and future.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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|
|
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Mar 26th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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United States
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USA
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Great people, flawed management
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You will work with amazingly talented and kind people. Good place to get your foot in the door and learn many different roles.
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We could not get products launched. When I was at the company, middle and senior management were either not experienced or did not have an interest in developing people and building a successful product.
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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326794
|
Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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private:knewton
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=326794
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Mar 19th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Knewton
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Intern
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New York, NY
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loved my experience at Knewton
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great environment, great office, nice coworkers, free lunches, flexible schedules, great perks
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Very little to no complaints about my time there
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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326794
|
Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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1.0
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Mar 15th, 2021 07:02PM
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Knewton
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