CodeAI Reviews

High attrition, disconnected leadership, cultural struggles and a new unifying approach that is anything but unifying. Our culture used to feel inclusive and supportive. A few months ago, the CEO went on an offensive rant (that he has not apologized for) and the company has been reeling ever since. So many folks have left because of these recent events that engineering is painfully thin. Folks join because the mission looks promising on paper. In practice, the company cares more about republican stakeholders and donors than the teachers and students they claim to serve, or even their own employees.

- Organization is top-down. Decisions are made with little to no transparency. CEO has too much power with no checks. Recently, CEO was openly hostile to some employees in an all-hands meeting with no reprecussions. - Communication with leadership is poor and getting worse. Bottom layers of organzation are powerless to effect change. - Recently, private Slack channels that were safe spaces for identity-based groups -- including LGBTQIA and people of color -- were forcibly made public without consulting the people affected. Additional restrictions have been introduced on some e-mail communications to promote "unity". - The primary goal of the organization is to reach as many students as possible with equity a distant second. Currently, the strategy is clearly "don't rock the boat". The organization avoids any actions that could potentially anger Republican governors or convervative donors. Notice that there were no statements from the organization about Roe v. Wade or even Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill which has a direct impact on student education. - Lots of attrition recently, including at least 5 employees that have explicitly left for some of the reasons above. All this said, this could still be a good place to work and make an impact. Just ask lots of questions before you join and make sure this is a good fit for you.