Smoke and mirrors - Anonymous employee Explore Learning Employee Review

Terrible overall experience. Explore is the kind of company which hires people with a great story about the positive social impact of its work but then internally is very cutthroat, sales driven and genuinely unpleasant. Many people in senior central office roles are doing two or three jobs because Explore won’t pay for the staff they need. Tutors are unqualified and very young which wouldn’t be an issue in itself if the service wasn’t expensive and sold as bespoke and special. Salaries are very low across the business. Cliquey teams made up of long term staff who believe they are somehow changing the world with their job and treat newcomers with contempt. Some long term staff are genuinely passionate and lovely but are taken advantage of by management with ridiculous responsibilities. People change roles constantly and internally this is sold as positive. The business focus and targets change literally once a month so you’ll never know what you are doing or how your job is being measured. Your job scope can change overnight with no discussion. Regular redundancies which are easily kept quiet because apart from tutors themselves everyone works from home/remotely.