Newsela Reviews

3.3

43% would recommend to a friend

(247 total reviews)
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Pep Carrera

49% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Newsela has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 247 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Newsela employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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247 reviews
1.0
29 June 2026

ICs are great, leadership is not.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lovely people across the company. Many are former teachers passionate about helping students.

Cons

Leadership is ruthless and makes decisions for seemingly no reason. Employees are expected to move mountains with no support. CEO is cold and uninspiring.

5.0
15 June 2026

Good Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good & Talented people - Responsive to product feedback - Dynamic vision for the future - Good work/life balance - low stress culture, but driven and supportive for results

Cons

- Maybe more general to remote work, but teams can feel disconnected

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