A place that embraces few and few embrace - Anonymous employee ANSR Source Employee Review

2.0
28 May 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best thing is the nature of work--I think they do some pretty interesting stuff out there. Reading Psychology and Management texts for a living is sure a great way to spend your work days if your interests and aptitude aligns with it.

Cons

But work is not all there is to a company. Culture matters. Leadership matters. Work/life balance matters. It is a bad sign when people keep touting the culture at a place; culture is something that is silently imbibed and cherished, not always boasted about on the premise that most employees are young and "cool." It is a bad sign when most managers in the company are in their late 20s. Nothing against youth per se, but it takes certain experience to attain people skills. It is a worse sign when the most successful people in the company are almost always taking work home and working till 2 AM. It shows what kind of behavior is rewarded at the place.

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Pros

Great environment for creativity Strong culture that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion Great PTO policy that supports a work/life balance

Cons

Still sorting out some processes, which can be frustrating at times

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2.0
29 Nov 2023
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Pros

They did give me appropriate work: which was reviewing others' designs. They worked hard to make their learning materials inclusive--and I think they succeeded. And I think the graphic designers were talented and effective.

Cons

They had no ability to control how much work was due when. It was as if they had no schedule. You would go days with nothing to do, and then suddenly you had 12 hours of work due 8 hours later. Some "instructional designers" seemed to have absolutely no experience and no idea what ID was. They couldn't write a quiz question or design a learning activity that met a learning objective. The reward for designers who were late getting their work done was that instead of having to fix their mistakes, someone else did it for them. That's not how the incentives should work. Eventually, I found that almost everyone I worked with had been let go, including some very high-level people. There had been some kind of purge, and no one could tell me why. I doubt if the people purged even knew.

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