Potential, Big ideas, Nepotism, Squandered - Anonymous employee Prodigy Education Employee Review

2.0
9 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Day 1 Benefits - The benefits are really good - HSA for benefits - Extra long weekends - Some extremely talented individuals in all departments/teams - Remote work +++ - WFH stipend - Recruiting team is good - Immediate team is usually very nice - Inclusive - Focused on gathering employee feedback - The kids that use the product are passionate and excited about it - Financial transparency during All-Hands meetings - Personal days

Cons

- Benefits just got worse in 2023 - Social time with other departments is non-existent - Gathered feedback generally leads to minimal or lowest-rung initiatives at best, or nothing at worst - Generally only see other team members for singular Holiday event - No real HQ anymore; the Toronto office is too small and too inconvenient for 60%+ of employees to actually use or visit - Development teams are forced to pivot frequently - High impact churn; talented individuals see the games being played and find employment elsewhere, while those left to maintain are either indifferent or not as skilled to keep up - Layoffs/releases/leaves are not discussed anywhere; the only way to find out someone you worked with is gone is to attempt to message them - A mostly tone-deaf HR department more concerned with PC culture than helping staff - CEO's pivot on the whim of whoever's whispering in their ear - this has caused repeated failed initiatives, and a massive misalignment in vision over and over again - Repeated layoffs at a company level - Leadership team now resorts to cleaving siloed departments so word doesn't spread as easily - SLT comes across as deceptive and insincere

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Prodigy Education Response
2y
Hello, thank you for sharing your feedback. I’ve looked to address some of your feedback below. However, given the breadth of your comments, I would appreciate the opportunity to connect in person, assuming you are comfortable. Please reach out to me at sarah-jayne.lehtinen@prodigygame.com. Regarding changes to benefits, these followed an extensive consultative process with team members, which included surveys and focus groups to ensure our package was meeting their needs. As a result, we added more and increased both coverage and flexibility for employees. Specifically, we added some of the following: Separating mental health support into its own category with its own funds. We also increased the maximum across all of the various paramedical categories. Combining basic and major dental to give you a larger bucket for either grouping, which increases the flexibility for our employees. We added a short term disability coverage We increased the maximum coverage for Life Insurance and AD&D. Most of the other elements of the plan remained unchanged. This plan doesn't have any cost-sharing with the employee, with the exception of a $3 prescription deductible that was added in 2023. However, we have not received any employee feedback that this prescription deductible is a problem. We also agree that a combination of in-person and remote working is the best way to deliver the best outcomes and employee experience. As such, we hold two company in-person events each year and we have been encouraging in person each month for the All Hands since everything began to open up after Covid in 2021. We also continue to encourage teams to come in at least monthly—and many have been! Our Toronto office is across the street from Union Station to support the commute in. We have two floors that can accommodate our teams and we have been working at continuously improving it to ensure it’s effective for our in person time together. We do have further plans and upgrades for this year also! Finally, as Chief People Officer I’m always committed to reading and responding to all reviews left on Glassdoor. I always look to be open, honest and authentic, and also remain open to discussing issues 1-1 if preferable or desired.

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Hi - thanks for your five-star review! We’re so glad to learn that you’re enjoying your Prodigy experience! In terms of ways we could improve, we’d welcome the opportunity to learn more specifics. Radical Candor is one of Prodigy’s core cultural values, and we encourage team members to speak up if they see ways we can do even better as an organization. If comfortable, please reach out to me via sarah-jayne.lehtinen@prodigygame.com. I’d love to chat!
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