A great job and company to work for the last 7 years. - GRE Rater ETS Employee Review

4.0
24 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule, great Scoring Leaders, always bettering my judgement on the job.

Cons

For the longest time, there were no downsides. Work came and went depending on the time of the year and the amount of tests that were administered and you just rolled with the punches. Unfortunately, the ETS made a very poor decision that took effect back in September that would halve the GRE exam and therefore halve the number of essays needed to be graded. According to the email that was sent out, the higher ups thought that this move would help relieve test day pressures and aid in quicker Graduate School Applications. The drawback is that by taking away the Argument essay and focusing solely on Issue, test takers are not being taught how to question the veracity of a statement, but instead just to think unilaterally on a single topic, which can only take you so far in life. Personally for me, this means that instead of there being a busy season of non-stop work, this November, I have only been given 30 working hours, when exactly one year before in November 2022, I was working over 130 hours. The next few months look like there will be even fewer working hours.

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5.0
11 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It was a good experience.

Cons

Nothing of note that was negative.

1.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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