Does Zearn pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zearn employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zearn. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zearn?

45% of Zearn employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zearn 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.1 for culture and values and 1.9 for career opportunities.

What are the pros of working at Zearn according to real employee reviews?

"Also, most of my coworkers are awesome people!" ((in 10 reviews)); "The mission is amazing and drives all that the team does." ((in 6 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 3 reviews)); "side with colleagues who are both highly competent and incredibly dedicated to creating a product to revolutionize education for children across the country." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zearn according to real employee reviews?

"Management is incredibly toxic and not aligned." ((in 10 reviews)); "Elitist culture that puts some employees on a pedestal, impacting the other efforts and roles of other members of their team." ((in 4 reviews)); "They tend to prioritize hiring management with Ivy League pedigrees over applicable qualifications, resulting in people in leadership roles who are both arrogant and ineffective at their jobs." ((in 3 reviews)); "You either deal with the abuse because the pay is good, especially for a nonprofit, or you wait for another job to come along." ((in 3 reviews)); "The upper management is incompetent." ((in 3 reviews))

Zearn Reviews

2.7

45% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

45% positive business outlook

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Zearn has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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47 reviews

4.0

16 Apr 2026

Great mission and work-life balance

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great mission, good work-life balance

Cons

Less collaborative than other places

1.0

2 Jan 2026

The One Where She Was Laid Off by the Delivery Guy

Pd specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

People were nice. Once. Kinda.

Cons

Got laid off in the middle of an online training. How did I find out? By the poor delivery guy with a work order to retrieve my work laptop. "Management" has no real experience leading and have their own agenda to leave little room for success.

2.0

18 Dec 2025

Drawn to the mission, put off by the culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Vital mission; smart and passionate colleagues; remote work

Cons

Elitist culture and rigid organizational hierarchy; pervasive micromanagement; few to no professional development / promotion opportunities for junior staff; frequent staff turnover

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