Outschool Reviews

3.9

65% would recommend to a friend

(157 total reviews)
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Amir Nathoo

61% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Outschool has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 157 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Outschool 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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157 reviews
3.0
17 Mar 2024
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Pros

I loved Outschool when I started a couple of years ago. The mission is wonderful, the people are truly special. Warm, supporting, inclusive, and dedicated to supporting one another and inclusion.

Cons

But post-pandemic peak Outschool has struggled. It's been through two big rounds of lay-offs. Most of the folks who remain are doing more than their fair share of work, and still being told to 'do more' and go 'faster' while most folks have not had significant raises in a couple of years.

3.0
13 May 2021
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Pros

long hours. they think they are flexible, but not. supposed anytime pto and monthly company wide holidays that you can't take if you are scheduled to work that day. nice people, but anyone not progressive isn't going to fit in. unfair pay practices for anyone not in management for a progressive company tehy treat their agency contractors like nonhumans. no thanks to them. that's not my job. just saying that all their supply, media, engineering, and customer experience temp are not treated nicely. typical. good focus on minority and diversity, especially for bipoc and lgbtq company open to new ideas but doesn't followup.

Cons

long work hours to keep up. not paid overtime for non management unless they ask you although all the low people work more anyway cuz it's expected that you keep up. no one asks if you bill for all hours worked and they turn a blind eye. heard the salary lots of non supervisor people and salary them to avoid overtime which is illegal. they pay within job ranges but actual job duties have zero correlation to what people really do. managers don't watch carefully. lots of inexperienced managers who got promoted only cuz they were at bottom when corona virus started. got promoted for roles they weren't qualified. now they treat their contract replacements very condescending even though they were in lower roles a year ago. makes some bad business decisions. the new titles are a joke and divide. no diversity or outreach recruiting for people with disabilies or veteran status. old people are token or seen as a dad or the ceo figure. company say they are equal, but the workforce of internal contractors are outsiders who r mostly minority. its very hypocritical. business is going to crash. too much growth too fast for bizness not there

5.0
12 Apr 2021
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Pros

Sharp, empathetic, welcoming, and passionate teammates Incredible opportunities for personal growth (technical or management) Highly collaborative environment (frequent pairing over Tuple) Sincere belief in our mission to inspire kids to love learning High degree of autonomy - spend your time how you think you should, given goals Transparent and intentional about growth and high-level decisions Company and engineering culture is respectful of work-life balance Most meetings are optional, with reimbursed lunch at company-wide ones Overall feeling of working together while challenging ideas in constructive ways Parent-friendly: no one minds if kids crash meetings, just mute yourself Encouragement to collaborate with other teams via eng guilds and various events Openness to rethink ("remix") existing processes/technologies

Cons

Most issues are very minor and relate to the rapid, unexpected growth Outschool has experienced since the start of the pandemic: General lack of structure (e.g. lots of overlapping documentation in Google Docs) Codebase includes inconsistencies and other technical debt (being paid down via nascent component library and reorganization efforts)

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