Does Optimal (WA) pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Optimal (WA) employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Optimal (WA). This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Optimal (WA)?

60% of Optimal (WA) employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Optimal (WA) 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the pros of working at Optimal (WA) according to real employee reviews?

"Free food (weekly Amazon Fresh deliveries)" ((in 4 reviews)); "Work/life balance is amazing, there are often small impromptu team" ((in 3 reviews)); "This leads to enormous learning opportunities, from technical skills to project management to marketing strategy." ((in 2 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Optimal (WA) according to real employee reviews?

"CEO changes his mind on a whim, manager is inexperienced and manipulative." ((in 2 reviews))

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3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

Sung Rhee

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

2.0

Diversity & inclusion

Optimal (WA) has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optimal (WA) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

19 reviews

3.0

Jun 9, 2023

Good people but plenty of instability

Writer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Caring, collaborative team environment Great benefits Strong and genuine concern for work-life balance

Cons

Tough industry for a small company to compete in (and at the mercy of Google algorithm updates) Frequent reorganizations and priority shifts Relatively low pay No real advancement track for writers

2.0

Jul 21, 2021

Don’t recommend

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location, work remote eligibility for many positions, & easy to maintain Work-life balance.

Cons

Antisocial and downright rude CEO, callous and often nonexistent management, insufficient training, fearful employees (due to constant lay offs & unexplained changes in company structure/priorities), and an overall strange company culture that only exists at meal time. The company boasts about a “flat” org-chart, when in reality, it only highlights their unwillingness to promote employees and pay industry standard (developers, especially!)

5.0

Jan 8, 2020

Great company culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working at SR Education Group was really awesome, everyone there is super friendly and they often play board games and play wine on Friday afternoons. They also have regular company lunches that are paid for and have a full kitchen you can use to make lunches (they will buy whatever food/ingredients you ask for). There is also a pool table and ping pong table you can use, and they don’t expect you to work more than 8 hours a day even if it means pushing back deadlines. You can have a lot of ownership over specific products if that’s what you want.

Cons

They are based in Kirkland, so if you live in Seattle the commute is a bit annoying. The pay could also be better.

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