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Reading Horizons Reviews

4.1

85% would recommend to a friend

(75 total reviews)
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Tyson J. Smith

92% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Reading Horizons has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 75 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Reading Horizons 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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75 reviews
1.0
6 Dec 2023

Unprepared and lacking leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the best people work here. You’ll never find kinder people from middle management down. They deserve better.

Cons

- 1 months severance if you’re laid off even with years of tenure. - leadership hasn’t had a roadmap in years and changes priorities weekly. - efforts are unappreciated and only acknowledged by your peers. - insurance is bad coverage. - company culture is based on saying “yes” and work/ life boundaries will repeatedly asked to move. - promotions are based on how close you are to president or CEO. - teams are led by those who have no experience. - executive team treats LinkedIn more seriously than they do their roles. - there’s no onboarding training after the generic company welcome week. - leadership is called coaches without offering actual advice when called on. - leadership is unwilling to make and/ or own decisions when called upon or needed. - product leadership is unfocused and has little ability to follow up or read and retain info. - revenue leadership looks at spreadsheet goals instead of the people actually selling. - ops leadership is trying their best but not heard when the budgets started to look concerning. - there’s more spending of company funds on mandatory fun and in-person weeks than things that are meaningful to employees. - leadership cries at every staff meeting because they’re allegedly so moved by their emotions but can’t shed a tear at the one following 49 people getting laid off. - leadership doesn’t go down when people are laid off. - budgets aren’t looked at with scrutiny until payroll can’t keep up. - pricing structures are made off feelings- not anecdotal, I was in the room and ignored. - the attitude of everything will work out is not how business is run. - the Peter Principal is exemplified here.

3.0
30 Nov 2023

New Leadership Team destroyed a great culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The mission of helping kids read. Dedicated, hardworking employees. CEO is really passionate. Remote job opportunities. Benefits continue to get better.

Cons

Rushed product revision launch. Newly appointed President is in over her head and surrounded by other leaders with little to no experience. Leadership not taking responsibility for causing a massive layoff. Not enough seasoned and highly qualified staff with educators/administrator/district-level experience. Putting the wrong people in key positions that resulted in a subpar product release.

3.0
6 Dec 2023

Mixed Feelings

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Pros

Amazing team of coworkers. Quality product

Cons

They just had major layoffs and 30% of the company was let go. They did not handle layoffs well.

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