There's a reason they experience such high turnover... - Anonymous employee AllenComm Employee Review

1.0
Aug 8, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Somehow in, spite of their leadership, they manage to do amazing work for their customers. This is largely due to the leadership on the instructional design side of the house who are really pretty amazing.

Cons

In my opinion, the worst CEO I have ever worked for. His behavior is abusive and counter productive to the success of the company. He is incapable of giving even minor credit to the employees who have helped build the company and even if you make every effort to leave on good terms he will belittle your contributions and slander you once you've left. This is an established pattern of behavior. I've honestly never experienced anything like it. Avoid at all cost.

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Pros

The work is flexible, always interesting topics to write about. Great coworkers. Flexible hours. Overall a great experience.

Cons

Not always enough work to keep employees busy. It's the nature of the industry that there are busy times and less busy times. Lack of consistency was frustrating.

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3.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Loved working with some of the most brilliant people I've ever met. Everyone was passionate about delivering excellent trainings, and the camaraderie and culture was invigorating for a while. Had a good relationship with managers and the head of courseware that made me feel valued for my skills.

Cons

Top-down communication throughout the company was abysmal at times. A frustrating lack of transparency with no apparent motivation for it - confused why news or upcoming projects were so rarely broadcast, especially if it affected part time people down the line. Right around the time they had to let a lot of people go was also when there was a push (in particular by the CEO) to embrace genAI, and a few of us part time hires felt like we were gradually being pushed out of the picture to be replaced by chatgpt and other AI tools. Also a frustrating amount cliquey team vibes were beginning to show near the end of my time there. Some successful teams would look after their own and stonewall any new hires brought into their team space, leaving some hires out in the cold with dead projects and no growth potential, while the successful teams stuck to each other and kept becoming the cultural "heart" of the courseware team. In a phrase, things got very "office politics" after a while and it left me burnt out and frustrated.

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