Shaw Academy Reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(364 total reviews)

James Egan

57% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Shaw Academy has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shaw Academy 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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364 reviews
1.0
1 Nov 2020

Worst Online scam company

Recommend
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Pros

None. They are scammers so please stay away from them

Cons

This Shaw Academy is complete scam and fraud. They call me 10 days ago and offerred me for free eportal and certificate if I start my trial again. They even send email for the same offer. As soon as I login and check the portal and click on the course, I got the message that my card has been debited for $59. I was totally shocked and tried to reach out them on the same number from which I’ve received the call but it was on voice mail. Then I send them email and open case on their website. And for last 10 days , I am keep asking them to refund my payment. However, the only response I get is that they will look into it. Please don’t fall for those suckers as they only rip-off your money. Also, change your card immediately to avoid loss of money in future

1.0
5 Mar 2018

Largest online scam on the planet

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are no best reasons to work for Shaw academy.. its only gud if otherwise u wud b unemployed... which u anyway might be after u work for them.

Cons

They are the Cons. Glassdoor doesnt allow people to rate in negatives... else there genuine rating would have been less than zero. Any review u see above 3 stars is highly likely a fake review taken care by ORM team or any onshore team. They believe in the law of balance.. the more they hire the more they fire. HR walk the floor as if they are spies. They stare at every laptop screen and walk like zombies but they dont make that sound. After teams are downsized they call the rest of teams to assure its never gonna happen again and they take them to party all night to get over. But guess what it happens again.. the firing and the party. They throw more post firing party than success parties as there is nothing much successful about them and never ever will be.

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Shaw Academy Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. I want to start by saying that Shaw Academy has an empowered working environment. We allow our talented people to work in the way they feel is the best to achieve their results. We fully appreciate that this sort of environment is not for everyone. In this environment, we are able to reward generously and frequently. We reward success and achievement. I genuinely wish you the greatest success in your future career.
1.0
8 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are zero pros apart from getting a pay check

Cons

Shaw academy are hands down the worst company I have worked for. The do not value a single employee. They lie in the interview process to lure you in. The promised commission that I have never seen a single person get. In the interview i asked what is the average commission people make. I was told between 1k and 2k per month and that some of the best sales reps have made up to 4k. This was a bear faced lie. I was also told there was lots of room for progression that within a few months employees have been promoted to management roles. Again this was a lie. I was shocked when I started to see that most sales reps had no sales experience. There was no pipeline forecasting done so it was extremely hard to to plan for your monthly deals. The targets were based on call minutes and not on deals which baffled me as I was in a SALES role. You are expected to just keep calling students all day every day one after the other which is fine if you were able to judge how many deals you should be closing a day. But that didn't matter if you didn't hit your call target you had to stay late to reach it. Again nothing about deals. As mentioned in the review title it is a modern day sweat shop. You are James egans minions. They have a saying in shaw academy "everything gets better everytime" This is not true everything gets worse EVERYDAY. Yesterday the fired a little over 20 people without warning after reassuring everyone that if you invest in the company the company would invest in you. This is only 2 weeks until Christmas and they just fired half the company. I have seen people working so hard it has effected them badly for them to just be fired. This isn't the first time shaw academy has done this and this will most definitely not be the last time either. I have seen positive reviews on here and I cannot get my head around it these people have obviously been brain washed or something to say good things. Read all reviews. Tread carefully. If you value your career, your social life and most importantly your mental health please please stay away. I am shocked and appalled at the lack of respect for other human beings. They also advertise that the webinars are live. They are not live they are all prerecorded and let students believe they are watching a live stream.

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Shaw Academy Response
8y
Thank you for your review! I want to address some of the point in your review; because much of what you are saying simply isn't true. We have a open a transparent organisation, and we are clear that with performance, there is very generous commission. Our performing staff members have consistently gotten commission of c€2K or more. And yes, several achieve €4K. This is achieved by the company planning effectively and by our performing staff executing excellent. We are also transparent with our customer and clearly show them what we give them during their free trial. Finally, one of our Values is that every Problem is an Opportunity. This encourages our people to think of a solution to a problem, but there is always support in finding the solution. How can you expect to learn if you are just given the solution or given the answer? I wish you the best of luck in your career, and hop you find a role that you are comfortable in.
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