New Classrooms Reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)

Joel Rose

66% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

New Classrooms has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New Classrooms employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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45 reviews
1.0
27 Jan 2020

Co-Founder is the problem

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, everyone is friendly, casual dress code

Cons

Younger co-founder micromanages every employee he manages (even down to the color of an event on his calendar), refuses to relinquish any control, and is very contradictory. He tends to say one thing or ask you to do something, but then change his mind or think he's telepathically told you what he really wanted so that when he comes back to you about it he wonders why you didn't what he actually wanted. It can be maddening. When something is 98% working, he tends to focus (obsess) on the 2% that isn't, therefore slowing down everything in the process. He also tends to speak in metaphors and abstract concepts without being direct. In other words, he has extremely poor communication skills.

2.0
17 Aug 2020

A good idea, some great people, and 1 really bad leader

Anonymous employee
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Pros

smart team passionate about education interesting challenges nice view

Cons

Younger co-founder is intelligent, but is a very bad manager. He tries to set everything up to run as much detail through him as he can handle. He is constantly shifting direction on both big and small things. It is amazing that the CEO has allowed him to stay this long.

3.0
25 May 2019

Great mission but poor execution

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Teams are tight knit and supportive - Most people are very passionate about improving education - Great place to start a career

Cons

- Leadership tends to micro manage and does not allow teams autonomy - Little to no measurable strategic goals at the company or team level - Processes are slow, inefficient and do not follow industry standard software development practices - Decisions are often not data driven - Lack of transparent communication across the organization

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