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MarcoPolo Learning Reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Justin Hsu

47% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

MarcoPolo Learning has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MarcoPolo Learning 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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31 reviews
1.0
6 Dec 2019

Great people, great product, CEO is the sole point of failure

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- the actual team on the ground are amazing people - friendly, welcoming and talented - the product and the product's mission is great

Cons

- the CEO. Justin is not a CEO and definitely can't be a CMO, CTO, Head of Product, Project Manager, Head of Production and Creative Director which is what he is currently trying to be. His communication style is rude and impulsive, often resulting in employees being offended. He has no respect for anyone in the organisation and does not trust anyone other than himself, hence the extremely high staff turnover. He is unable to commit to anything, resulting in ever changing product direction and deadlines - this is unsustainable and a huge waste of money for the business, and means employees are constantly frustrated. - the office location and layout is not conducive to productivity - a move has been on the cards for over a year but due to Justin's lack of ability to commit to anything still has not happened

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MarcoPolo Learning Response
6y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We value and take all feedback seriously at MarcoPolo Learning. Our company has just closed a large round of funding led by one of the most respected education companies in the world. As part of this new phase of the business which is scaling up for significant growth, management has set out to improve operational efficiencies within various areas of the business and that has caused some uncertainty. Although we have done everything we can to make this a smooth transition, unfortunately some people have been impacted. We value all our staff and feel our workforce is engaged and happy with the direction of the business. As an Emmy-nominated producer of TV grade kids education, our mission is to elevate the quality of educational content for home and school across the world. We suggest that any potential new hires reach out to someone on our staff for their perspective of the business and the impact we are having on young learners.
2.0
6 Dec 2019

Frustrating and frightening environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are lovely The product is really nice

Cons

The CEO is quite frightening and fires people regularly, I’ve seen so many great people come and go There is a culture of fear and blame Working on projects is really tough as the CEO often changes his mind at the last minute Often people are blamed for doing things after they have been told to do something by the CEO because he has forgotten Not a place to grow professionally

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MarcoPolo Learning Response
6y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We value and take all feedback seriously at MarcoPolo Learning. Our company has just closed a large round of funding led by one of the most respected education companies in the world. As part of this new phase of the business which is scaling up for significant growth, management has set out to improve operational efficiencies within various areas of the business and that has caused some uncertainty. Although we have done everything we can to make this a smooth transition, unfortunately some people have been impacted. We value all our staff and feel our workforce is engaged and happy with the direction of the business. As an Emmy-nominated producer of TV grade kids education, our mission is to elevate the quality of educational content for home and school across the world. We suggest that any potential new hires reach out to someone on our staff for their perspective of the business and the impact we are having on young learners.
1.0
15 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You might get a laptop Free beer at WeWork Great for networking because turnover is so high... fresh faces every week!

Cons

CEO must approve everything (down to UX micro-copy) Colleagues are scared, stressed, and unhappy About 4/5 people leave per month Whole business meetings are held on Fridays at 6pm The product doesn’t stand up to educational standards (but the CEO doesn’t want to know).

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