Does Empowerly pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Empowerly employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Empowerly. This rating has decreased by 20% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Empowerly?

64% of Empowerly employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Empowerly 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Empowerly?

Counselor (15) , Operations (4) , Account Executive (3) , Admissions Counselor (3) , College Admissions Counselor (3) , Essay Editor (3) , Marketing (3) , Sales (3) , Anonymous Employee- Former Employee (2) , Anonymous (2) , College Admissions Consultant (2) , College Counselor (2) , Editor (2) , Essay Reviewer (2) , Former Admissions Officer (2)

What are the pros of working at Empowerly according to real employee reviews?

"The team is amazing, always supportive and willing to help." ((in 11 reviews)); "My colleagues are amazing and I've learned so much in my role at Empowerly." ((in 9 reviews)); "Managers are available on weekends and evenings oftentimes to help with customers." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Empowerly according to real employee reviews?

"The leadership is controlling and abusive; they need to know what's going on at all times, and require employees to get their approval before doing anything, which does nothing but hinder progress and waste time." ((in 6 reviews)); "average hourly pay" ((in 3 reviews)); "management has too high expectations what a single human being can achieve in eight hours unrealistic expectations with too low compensation, no retirement matching" ((in 3 reviews))

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Empowerly Reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

Hanmei Wu

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Culture and values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Empowerly has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Empowerly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

69 reviews

1.0

20 June 2026

Empowerly is a miserable company filled with negativity and hostility.

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There’s nothing good about working here.

Cons

• Empowerly is a terrible company, and I would never recommend working here. • The atmosphere is saturated with negativity and constant hostility. • Supervisors are verbally degrading and sometimes resort to shouting and public humiliation when employees fail to meet expectations. • Leadership comes across as immature and unreasonable, and very few people would want to work under individuals like that.

3.0

3 June 2026

Variety of tasks but unrealistic management expectations

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

lots of variety of tasks to learn from, good people

Cons

management has too high expectations what a single human being can achieve in eight hours unrealistic expectations with too low compensation, no retirement matching

2.0

4 May 2026

High Expectations With Constant Moving Targets

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You definitely learn to handle pressure... mostly because you don't have a choice.

Cons

There's a strong push to perform, but expectations don't always stay consistent, so you're working toward something that feels like it keeps shifting just enough to throw you off, and instead of building momentum, you're constantly recalibrating, which makes it difficult to feel like you're actually progressing.

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Jobs at Empowerly

Independent Educational Consultant / College Admissions Advisor for Top Universities (B2C Sales Role)

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Former Admissions Officer (Application Reviewer)

Remote

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