7 July 2025
Schoolbox Reviews
3.9
61% would recommend to a friend
46% positive business outlook
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3.0
20 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Schoolbox does try to make sure its employees are well taken care of and offers flexibility, interesting work and a decent work environment. Overall it's a solid place to work. At least depending on which team you're working in. There have been a really solid number of great employee benefits that have been implemented like salary sacrificing, wellbeing allowances, etc. which for a company of its size is impressive. Company culture is also fairly healthy and stable with Schoolbox paying attention to making sure they hire the right people to fit in with the rest of the team and maintaining a positive work environment. There's also regular team events, some of which are outside of work hours but there doesn't seem to be any deal or drama if you want to sit them out. Work-life balance is valued and (at least for most teams) you're not expected to work overtime and things like monitoring what time you arrive and leave doesn't seem to occur.
Cons
The management team has a tendency to drink its Kool-Aid a bit too much-growth isn't nearly as impressive as reviews from other managers here would suggest to me (they make a big song and dance about international expansion plans and growth, but over the years this has been really lacklustre in my experience), If management thinks "too much free coffee" is a con (see other reviews here), then that should give you an idea how out of touch they can sometimes be. Beyond the management spin, the main con is how this translates to management being their own worst enemy and the impact this has on the rest of the team. Schoolbox has a tendency to prioritise former teachers in hiring and internal promotions. This has led to people in management positions coming from education backgrounds leading teams without, in my opinion, the other relevant experience and expertise. This is particularly evident in sales and marketing teams. While overall Schoolbox is a decent place to work, I would caution people thinking of joining the sales or marketing teams to think twice based on the amount of chaos and changes these teams are seemingly constantly undergoing and how senior management seem to think they know the right sales and marketing strategy already.
2.0
25 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Dynamic industry and fast changing
Cons
Overworked for poor salary; terrible feedback and lots of animosity between the teams.
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