Toxic Culture--Terrible CEO - Anonymous employee BetterLesson Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Coaching product is good. Able to work from home. Good base pay and benefits.

Cons

CEO Matt Kennard has ruined the culture by promoting in fighting among his leadership team. He lies to shareholders about sales by including proposals under consideration as closed sales. His ego drives every decision. He does not value the sales team and has not been able to retain any of the top performers. The turnover rate at every level is incredibly high as a result of Matt Kennard's poor leadership skills.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Feb 17, 2026
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Pros

In general, the school clients are lovely to work with and some of the other contractors are highly skilled and professional.

Cons

I can't stress this enough: If you are a contractor, do NOT sign on with this company. In the past year, they have never paid on time according to the contract or scope of work. They often do not reimburse contractors for travel for months at a time. They are currently three months behind on payments to contractors. There is a great underlying insecurity at the company. Every time a pay period comes around, contractors wonder if they will be paid. The answer? No. For the past 6 months, contractors receive mass emails saying when they MIGHT be paid and these dates often come and go with no payment. There is no direct message from the company's leadership. Bottom line: if you want to feel valued as worker AND you want to get compensated for your labor, as agreed, steer clear of this organization.

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