Eduventures Reviews

3.2

55% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Robert Blakeley

100% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Eduventures has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Eduventures 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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27 reviews
1.0
17 Mar 2014

Beware. Know what you're getting into!

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Pros

Good Location, very intelligent and dedicated colleagues. Good Benefits. Flex hours.

Cons

Company going down the toilet and the environment is toxic and horrible. CEO and VPs are all from the same company not in Higher education trying to put a square pegs into round holes. Not working.

4.0
22 Mar 2015

Great people. Some great opportunities and some serious problems.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Worked with many excellent, smart, nice people who are passionate about what they do. Had some excellent, caring managers. Good camaraderie among employees. Significant amount of autonomy and ability to learn new skills in a frequently-changing company. Some genuinely exciting projects and opportunities as well as room to innovate and create new projects / engagements on the fly. For all it's problems - and there have been many - I consider it a great job that I'm really glad I took. A new CEO promises a brighter future in 2015 than 2013 & 2014 (many negative reviews on here are from 2014, an unquestionably depressing year for the company; fortunately it has deep-pocketed backers that are still willing to invest in a turnaround).

Cons

The main downside of working at Eduventures was the near-constant change and declining revenues which created, at times, an atmosphere of failure, gloom, frustration and, most of all, inconsistency. A new CEO appeared to be on the right track with fixing some of the problems and winning some clients back, but only time will tell if the ship has been righted. Due to low funding & profitability, there was a lack of investment in research and a hope that sales will save everything (which was tried in the past and failed). High turnover due to burnout and in some cases under-appreciation; there was a lot of frustration among the rank-and-file, and some managers do not listen or appreciate the genuinely good ideas of competent subordinates.

3.0
19 Dec 2009

Nice place for early in career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Niceness of people Smart colleagues Interesting--at times Cares about employees at early stage of career

Cons

Management is insular--same people talking to same people for last 10 years. Remarkable for non-communication between groups, especially for a small company. Not leading edge on ANYTHING. Boring projects. High turnover. Unimaginative. Shrinking. As company gets smaller and pressure increases, middle management is turning to non-cooperation and infighting--watch your back!

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