General Assembly Employee Reviews about "great people"

Pros

Awesome place to work and great people

Cons

Management sometimes isn't on page with everyone else

Pros

Great people and an excellent place to network with others from all walks of life. Instructors are very experienced and offer a wealth of knowledge

Cons

Management is awful, they do not value employees at all. Every month there was at least one person leaving the company because of management. The team I was working with (before they all left) was highly motivated with a strong desire to improve the business. However ideas we brought to the table during brainstorm sessions went nowhere and blame is placed by management on the team whenever something goes wrong. There is no business strategy or direction because the management has no experience in business, managing people or has any understanding of the local market. Working in GA is like sailing with a blind and deaf captain. The management is beyond incompetent. Other branches may be managed better but avoid Hong Kong.

Pros

There is a good culture with teammates, wfh, you get a nice anniversary gift...

Cons

While the company as a whole seems to be a sinking ship I would absolutely RUN if you're looking to work in the admissions department. When I started, and even the first six-eight months into covid, I loved this job. I loved the department, I loved my team, I loved my students. The management in the admissions department has ruined the culture and made the job a nightmare. If you enjoy being micromanaged, waiting hours for terrible leads, having a PIP mentioned every conversation with your manager this is the job for you. Otherwise, RUN. Half the department (if not more) has left in 2021. People are leaving for great jobs at tech companies that will treat them like adults and pay them fairly. Some people are leaving with nothing lined up because their mental health is in such poor shape. Is leadership not looking at retention numbers in this department? Is nothing ever going to be done about the top down toxic culture?

Pros

Student and teachers that all very keen to learn and passionate about what they're doing. GA was great for networking and meeting smart people in relevant fields.

Cons

Marketing and delivery of course felt very disconnected. Students are sold on the idea that they can learn to become a front end developer/data scientist etc in 6 hours a week over 12 weeks. I don't believe that's possible and I felt as though many students felt disappointed that we as staff hadn't delivered on something that wasn't possible.

Pros

Get to learn and work with a lot of technologies and work with great people

Cons

cant think of any cons

Pros

The culture and people at GA are great. A progressive people first organisation who care about their employees.

Cons

A lot of changes regularly in staffing and organisational changes

Pros

Great people who love their work

Cons

Not really anything so far

Pros

So GA is actually solving a problem: It's pretty neat working with a company passionate about education. I had a great team: People at GA are amazing. Some people are scarily nice. So much to learn: Ahh yes, spent two years constantly learning, honing my strengths and building up my weaknesses. If you want to start your career and actually work with cool people solving a big problem, I'd say come to GA!

Cons

Not really a con as I can see they are working on it but diversity (both staff and students). Was super happy about Opportunity Fund. -- A very cool initiative!

Pros

Welcoming and great people to work with; Continuous learning

Cons

Nothing I can recall for cons

Pros

there are tons of great people who work here who really want to do good work. they are kind and passionate and sincere.

Cons

really poor work/life balance: tons of pressure without adequate support. non-competitive salaries. incredibly high turnover. no institutional memory. people just get worked to the bone, and burn out and leave. there is little to no training, and this is just not sustainable.