Reforge Reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)
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Brian Balfour

37% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Reforge has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Reforge employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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50 reviews
1.0
13 July 2023

Not recommended - confused product and leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart and collaborative coworkers, engaging opportunities, remote work

Cons

Upper management was inauthentic and unclear in communicating business strategy. Leadership demonstrates thin-skinned attitudes toward criticism demonstrated by CEO talking down and downplaying employee comments during all company calls. In addition, the need to respond to Glassdoor reviews further demonstrates this. Favoritism and lack of diversity also was apparent as well as the boys club attitude at the top. They specialize in bro tech speak that inherently excludes and masks unclear business goals. No real mentorship opportunities even though they claim to be democratizing tech education. Two mass layoffs were difficult and opportunities for growth seem limited. Executives make decisions without considering their impact on people's lives and even the business bottom line as long as it seems to align with their idea of "growth".

1.0
17 Jan 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart, enthusiastic people at all levels (except the top).

Cons

This is a learning company that wants to be a platform company. No clear vision or strategy from the top. Boy’s club execs.

2.0
31 July 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

none really besides good WLB for the most part

Cons

- top down direction - no autonomy - leadership doesn't know what they are doing and refuse to talk to users - overall really dumb people

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Reforge Response
2y
This review seems suspicious and fake. We do not have any current employees with the title of “Product Manager” in the company. The few folks in product management know that I and other leaders are on customer calls often because they are on them with us. Additionally, I’m pretty sure none of them would use the language “dumb people” to describe their co-workers as they are much more respectful than that. That being said, if this review is authentic then I encourage you to chat with your manager or someone on the People team. I believe everyone should be in a job/company surrounded by people they enjoy working with and are learning from. It sounds like Reforge is not that place for you and I would genuinely like to help you find what that place is. As you can see in many of the other reviews, there are folks here that genuinely love being here and the people they are surrounded by. You and your teammates all deserve that even if not at Reforge.
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