Does ACT pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ACT employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ACT. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ACT?

54% of ACT employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ACT 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ACT?

Customer Service Representative (31) , Director (17) , Manager (15) , Content Specialist (9) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (9) , Software Engineer (8) , Intern (7) , Coordinator (5) , Project Manager (5) , Research Associate (5) , Software Developer (5) , Business Analyst (4) , Senior Manager (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Test Development Associate (4)

What are the pros of working at ACT according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good" ((in 86 reviews)); "workers throughout company for the most part are great people to work with or for." ((in 62 reviews)); "Beautiful campus and buildings." ((in 44 reviews)); "Fun to be there , good luck & good pay" ((in 22 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ACT according to real employee reviews?

"Uncertain job security with recent layoffs." ((in 27 reviews)); "Bad management" ((in 23 reviews)); "time and sometimes lifetime employees are passed over for senior leadership in favor of outside hires that quickly leave for one reason or another." ((in 22 reviews)); "low and in balanced salary," ((in 19 reviews)); "overly ambitious upper management, poor communication" ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about ACT redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ACT redundancy and their outlook for job security at ACT in 2026.

ACT Reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(536 total reviews)

Steve Tapp

100% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity and inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture and values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

ACT has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 536 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ACT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

536 reviews

1.0

7 Feb 2018

ACT promises to pay travel expenses and then reneges because they didn't get what they wanted

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

ACT has a nice campus in Iowa

Cons

ACT embarks on projects without doing their background homework first therefore many serious and costly mistakes are made.

2.0

11 Sept 2024

fairly

It support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

working enviorment and time management

Cons

unclear job goal and unclear over time

2.0

25 Aug 2015

Priorities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There are some really smart, good people that I enjoyed working with at ACT. Work/life balance is a strong incentive. Beautiful workplace and grounds.

Cons

HR is not supportive of employees, and mine is only one of many stories about heavy-handed management that won't tolerate those with new or different ideas. The conservative nature of ACT will be its undoing. They haven't been cutting edge for a long time, and because they only promote the "yes" people, they won't have the benefit of the fresh ideas that were once the mainstay of the business growth. Too many people in management are making decisions about things for which they have no expertise, and not relying on the true experts to inform and guide their effort. The result is that projects are not efficient and well done as they could be.

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