Amazing.com Reviews

3.4

69% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Matt Clark & Jason Katzenback

63% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Amazing.com has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazing.com 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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49 reviews
5.0
27 May 2017

Inspiring and Dynamic...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In my role, I deal directly with clients and get to help people change their own lives. The entire company is focused around this objective. It's inspiring and personally satisfying.

Cons

This is a dynamic company, where rapid change is the norm. Many people would struggle with this, but if you're a self-starter that is aligned to the company's vision of helping others change their lives for the better you'll strive here.

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Amazing.com Response
8y
Thank you for your review! We really appreciate what you do with our members. Great advice too!
2.0
26 Apr 2016

CEO Fired half the company via email

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Was a positive atmosphere where coworkers were able to be themselves and work flexible hours, the CEO had previously given everyone startup money for their own business, we were able to decorate our desks to show our personality

Cons

The CEO sent an email firing half of the company via email and wouldn't let them pick up their items from their desk. I guess we should have seen this coming. The outsourcing groups were caught stealing, the teams were being restructured all the time, and there was really unclear direction on who was supposed to be doing what

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Amazing.com Response
9y
I apologize for the late reply. Our HR manager responded to your review shortly after it was written, but I’ve decided to come back here and respond personally. Thank you for your feedback. Back in early 2016, we had to let go of a significant portion of our team because we were running out of money. Had I not made that decision, we would not be here today. I take full responsibility for putting is in that position in the first place. I idealistically and naively thought we could change the world by dramatically reducing our prices and making up the lower revenue with significantly higher volume. It did not work. I should have never shut down our core products to completely change our business 180 degrees, regardless of how good my intentions were. This is the first business I’ve grown to such a massive scale so quickly. It’s been a wild, chaotic, and very bumpy ride (especially up to mid-2016). Fortunately, we’ve learned a lot. Today, two years later, we’re doing better than ever. Our company is thriving, we’ve clarified our purpose and our path, and we involve the company in our annual strategic planning so everyone is crystal clear on where we’re going. We also practice open book management and transparently share the company’s performance. There will never be any surprises about the company’s performance. We know our team members have families to feed, houses to pay for, and lives to support. We take that responsibility very seriously and will never repeat the same mistakes that led us to near failure two years ago. Thank you very much for the feedback and I apologize we didn’t live up to our standards of creating a rewarding, fulfilling, and fun place to grow for you. Matt Clark, Executive Chairman, Former CEO, & Co-founder
1.0
28 Aug 2018

Lost Owners

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Co-workers are great - Freedom to learn more - Downtown Austin location

Cons

- Owners are absent - Owners continue with bad habits that negatively impact the company - Owners are clueless to how their employees truly feel - Owners are inexperienced and refuse to learn and be better - Company has lost mostly all its great talent and leaders - A company that was once 80 strong now has about 18 of us left - Most employees are here just to collect a paycheck

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