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Reading Horizons

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Unprepared and lacking leadership - Anonymous employee Reading Horizons Employee Review

1.0
6 Dec 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the best people work here. You’ll never find kinder people from middle management down. They deserve better.

Cons

- 1 months severance if you’re laid off even with years of tenure. - leadership hasn’t had a roadmap in years and changes priorities weekly. - efforts are unappreciated and only acknowledged by your peers. - insurance is bad coverage. - company culture is based on saying “yes” and work/ life boundaries will repeatedly asked to move. - promotions are based on how close you are to president or CEO. - teams are led by those who have no experience. - executive team treats LinkedIn more seriously than they do their roles. - there’s no onboarding training after the generic company welcome week. - leadership is called coaches without offering actual advice when called on. - leadership is unwilling to make and/ or own decisions when called upon or needed. - product leadership is unfocused and has little ability to follow up or read and retain info. - revenue leadership looks at spreadsheet goals instead of the people actually selling. - ops leadership is trying their best but not heard when the budgets started to look concerning. - there’s more spending of company funds on mandatory fun and in-person weeks than things that are meaningful to employees. - leadership cries at every staff meeting because they’re allegedly so moved by their emotions but can’t shed a tear at the one following 49 people getting laid off. - leadership doesn’t go down when people are laid off. - budgets aren’t looked at with scrutiny until payroll can’t keep up. - pricing structures are made off feelings- not anecdotal, I was in the room and ignored. - the attitude of everything will work out is not how business is run. - the Peter Principal is exemplified here.

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5.0
17 Mar 2026
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Pros

The mission really matters, literacy is an fundamentally important issue for millions. The people really care and the company treats you like a real person.

Cons

The vision and plan of how to grow and expand is sometimes muddied by legislation, complex federal budgets and timing.

2.0
3 Mar 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

-some very nice people that are mission driven towards literacy -the product itself is wonderful

Cons

-lots of things happen in exec. that affect the jobs of many -unstable work environment -the company is a bit outdated in terms of how they operate in comparison to other similar companies -not many growth opportunities

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