Schoology Reviews

Pros

- Super friendly and open culture
- You work with amazing clients
- A product and a mission that actually has an impact
- Lots of support from management and an eagerness to develop talent
-Fair compensation/Benefits
-Great PTO policy

Pros

Having been with this company for four years now, I've really had a great opportunity to watch the organization take shape, and become what it is today.

- A really talented, dedicated team. Everyone genuinely cares about making a difference in education
- The opportunity to work with educators across the country on a daily basis
- The collaborative nature of improving workflow processes
- Frequent team and company activities
- Leadership takes an interest in your professional growth. Four years ago, I'd started out on a Support team of six, advanced to a senior position on that team, eventually to become a Client Support Engineer. Finally, I moved onto an client onboarding and implementation role, which has been nothing short of wonderful.

Pros

The people are the best. We are here to make a positive impact on education.

I had more than 15 years in public education when I joined a start-up, it was a leap of faith and one I would gladly do again! Why?
- Education is always changing and our platform is growing and changing with our clients needs
- Product enhancements clearly communicated and presented to our clients
- Partnering with other amazing products to help us improve our client experience
- Opportunities to meet with Executive Team
- Opportunities to express your thoughts and ideas
- Hackathon - have a great idea? Present it! Ideas get implemented.
- Flexible work hours
- Open PTO
- Work remotely, I love my home office

In addition to my 15 years of education experience, I also have more than 10 years business experience. I understand that a new company is going to undergo many changes and fluctuations in employment numbers. You have to wait out the changes, dedicate yourself to your job and make your positive contribution.

Advice to Management

So many things have changed in my 4 years with Schoology. Working at a start-up was something I only saw in pictures! But then I walked through the doors at Schoology and felt like I was home.

I want to applaud the co-founders for bringing in people "with experience." Knowing when to look for employees that have years of business experience is a sign of wanting success for your company. You have to rely on other's knowledge to grow your own.

The changes that have occurred in my 4 years are leaps and bounds beyond what I imagined. The growth and change has been excellent and expertly guided.

Pros

Good product, easy to use

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees otherwise they’ll just stop talking

Pros

- open minded management
- competitive salary
- very good health insurance
- snacks
- a very positive work environment

Pros

Stocked refrigerator, Pool table, Software that helps teachers and student learn

Advice to Management

Get it together.

Pros

Many absolutely wonderful people have worked for Schoology. It takes a little while before even the smartest people will figure out what is really going on here. Honestly, I'd give a ~2-3 star review if it weren't for the greater need to offset the misplaced and effusive shilling.

Advice to Management

Be less evil. Try actually caring about other people (especially your own employees) for their own sake. If that's not possible, do more research about the fact that people who are thriving produce more and will make more money for you. It's not a zero sum game. Cracking a whip works on sled dogs. It's time to modernize your understanding of motivation techniques for thinking people and the effectiveness (or lack) thereof.

For example, vacations are actually good things, not something only slackers engage in. Updating your technology is a lot more important than you think. Actually asking your engineers occasionally which technologies they are most interested in learning/using and finding ways to give them opportunities to learn/use one or more of them might be a good thing to consider (think: more happiness = more productivity = more $ in your pocket). I could go on.

Also, reward the people with the greatest combination of skills and kindness. Nobody likes "jerks" (glassdoor won't allow the real word here), so don't promote them. Employees are not motivated to work for jerks, nor are they inspired to work at a company where being a ruthless jerk-with-a-smile is the #1 most rewarded quality.

Pros

Snacks
Central location in Manhattan
Good product

Advice to Management

Proactively seek opportunities to fix Schoology culture.

Pros

I have been in the workforce for 20 years. I spent 4.5 years at Schoology and it was by far the best experience that I have had. Schoology is an awesome product with a very large community of happy and engaged users. The company has seen amazing growth since it started. The culture is fun and collaborative with a ton of smart people on the team. I am lucky to call many of them my friends.

Advice to Management

You are a mature enough company now and have all the talent you need on the existing team to learn from the past and make major decisions moving forward.

Pros

Amazing team, free FreshDirect