Used to be much better - Senior Software Engineer Instructure Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smart colleagues - Somewhat competitive salary - Flexible working hours - Health insurance (Medicare) - Good office space / equipment - Office lunch

Cons

- Hire C# developers, then decide it's a Java company - Hire Java developers, then decide it's a Javascript company - Oncall is not paid for, which is extremely unfair at the very least. Some teams have no oncall, some teams you're on rotation every 3 weeks with constant issues Since KKR acquired the company: - Announce extra vacation time for Hungarian employees, then go back on it 2 weeks later - Loss of RSU package, replaced with a system that's worse in every aspect, we can't even guess how much it's going to be worth and it's only paid out if you stay with the company for 3-5+ years when KKR decides to sell the company and even then, they have no legal obligation to pay it out as it's not an RSU or a stock option - Wellness benefits essentially halved in Hungary, calling it "regional price adjustment" - Low pay raise - Hire 100 new people, then let go of 60, all in the span of 6 months - Back to office policy on whim (2-3 days per week), despite not even having enough office tables + chairs and the fact that most people are doing overtime in the late evening to have more overlap with the US collegues

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5.0
Feb 14, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, market leader, forward thinking

Cons

Work can be overwhelming at times

3.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice co-workers Benefits are at least average Work life balance is ok, flexible time off and decent holidays Don’t have to work that hard, great place to retire Focused on AI though the foundations for it aren’t there - as if we’re trying to check the box for a board

Cons

Pretty much a start up with terrible systems and processes Little to no investment in any supporting functions rooted in the TB days of prioritizing margin Cross-functional work is disorganized with horrible change management Complacency across the board. Seems like the old people are just waiting for their equity to vest, doing the absolute bare minimum Clearly an edtech company which feels a lot like what the government must be like Atrocious decision making Senior leaders care more about politics and their own egos than making the company better. Like everyone has an agenda I cannot imagine worse systems setup or data

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