ALX Reviews

4.2

94% would recommend to a friend

(90 total reviews)

Fred Swaniker

92% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

ALX has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 90 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The ALX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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90 reviews
2.0
16 Sept 2021

Good people. Horrible leadership

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Pros

- amazing learning opportunities from the right managers - great for a starting out a career to work with and learn from amazing people - passionate people working for the mission - there's a once-off remote work stipend

Cons

- absolutely narcissistic leadership team - too much politics on keeping your job based on being in the 'good books' - too many changes in too little time - claims to still be a startup of less than a year while being operational for ~4 years - horrible pay - disregard for customers within strategy changes - claim to be customer obsessed but not really - white expats paid considerably more than Africans (regardless of location) - favouritism in leadership selection - disregard for overall staff well-being while overworking them - there is a payment system of 'low-cost motivated talent' where only hiring 'passionate people' who take pay cuts and having empty promises of increased pay

4.0
7 Jun 2023

Great Impact!

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Pros

ALX is working on what I personally believe is Africa's future. It is preparing an entire continent to lead an industrial revolution than we are aware of.

Cons

While the purpose is clear, the paths to achieving it are so much and you need your own personal resolve to be able to go through the rollercoaster of changes that will come

1.0
4 May 2021
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Pros

- Visionary founder & CEO - Some really awesome people to work with - Noble organization mission - Cool pay

Cons

- Not much room for professional growth - A lot of politics in determining benefits, growth opportunities and compensation - Passive aggressive communication and intimidation - Unethical employee treatment - No clear outline of policies and escalation procedures that protect the rights of the employee, so there's are lots of loopholes that leave employees vulnerable and open to subjective managerial decisions

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