Great until the Pearson acquisition happened - Anonymous employee SchoolNet Employee Review

4.0
Jun 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fast paced, and Agile environment. The focus was always on delivery of software to the school districts we worked with. Really felt a strong sense of purpose.

Cons

The company was headed for to really good place, but the wheels came off after the acquisition by Pearson.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2018
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Pros

Focused vision and mission led by the most talented people in the industry

Cons

none to speak of - great company

3.0
Mar 1, 2012
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Pros

the hours are very reasonable, and you can work from home. The technology is a bit dated, but is better than other places I have worked. You get to work around a lot of other developers and very smart people. There is a strong commitment to developing things locally, with off shoring only in certain limited areas.

Cons

The culture is very meetings heavy, easily eating 2 - 4 hours out of every day. this is can be extremely frustrating. its also really odd for an organization that calls itself "agile". There is a lot of fear of change and a belief that more meetings will reduce risk. lastly, priorities shift and change sometimes too quickly, which result is wasteful interruption. Between the excessive meetings and constant priority changes, I sometimes wonder how any work gets done.

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