Cambridge Educational Services Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Cambridge Educational Services

Pros – It's a small company and everyone is very friendly. I met great people and learned how to work in a professional business setting. Things are fast paced and it is required of everyone to be a team player.

Cons – The job description was not really clear so I did not know what to expect. Multitasking was key in working at Cambridge.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cambridge Educational Services full-time

Pros – Fellow employees are very enjoyable.

Cons – The downsides of working at Cambridge far outweigh any benefits. Fellow coworkers are typically great and there is great comradeship amongst them. Most of this, however, is because of a very overbearing and unreasonable president, who (as another review has pointed out) has very very bad trust issues. The expectations of the job are unreasonable - to the point where personal life is considered an insufficient reason for wanting to leave work at 5pm. The president continually grinds down on employee morale and insults employees on a regular basis. The lakehouse retreat (which is meant to promote team building) does nothing more than increase bad blood and validate the president's insane convictions. Expect your salary to be played with; also expect an excessive amount of meetings. Meetings always run over and are entirely unproductive. Finally, expect to be treated as a servant to the president - on call 24/7.

There is no upward mobility.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to show your employees that you value them and stop just giving lip service.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cambridge Educational Services full-time for more than a year

Pros – The fellow employees are amazing
-Health insurance from BCBS for full time
-Nice office building

Cons – -Poor pay
-No upward mobility at all, the position you are hired at will be your final position.
-Overbearing boss who insults you in front of other employees and expects you to drop everything in your life for him
-Poor benefits, need to work 1 year to even start getting benefits, any major benefits take 3+ years
-Excessive meetings
-CEO Forces employees to go to his lakehouse as a "teamwork" exercise. This included activities where employees were hurt and bleeding, and also had employees of opposite genders do push ups on top of each other.
-CEO (who you will be in frequent contact with) has severe trust issues
-Rules in the employee manual change at the will of the CEO, without even anything being put in writing.
-Frequently pulled to do personal tasks for CEO

Advice to Senior Management – Lighten up. Let employees be themselves and have a life of their own. Although they work for your company, they are not personal servants. Let employees enjoy their lunch and not try to force them to eat at their desk. Properly appreciate the long hours employees put in to make this company work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Cambridge Educational Services

Pros – Never a dull day is had at Cambridge and who knows what will come next. Fast paced and always something new coming up. You're thrown right into the lines and expected to do your homework, prepare in advance, ask questions, write down everything, and know when you don't know. Everyone there is fun and friendly - they will help you out.

Cons – As said earlier, you never know what's coming next and what will change (which can be stressful). Be prepared to be challenged to do things outside your comfort zone (especially in sales). Also, be prepared for rules/guidelines for nearly everything (not negative, just time consuming).

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to improve training for new employees in all areas of the company. Relax the strictness of the rules/guidelines to give more autonomy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend