Underpaid, overworked, and scheduled to stand still - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Cambium Learning Group

1,0
11 ott 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

This review reflects my experience. Compensation felt below market while expectations were sky-high. The workweek was dominated by meetings, including a weekly planning session that routinely ran around four hours. Those marathon “planning” calls didn’t translate to progress—they just siphoned the time needed to get things done. Day-to-day, I dealt with close, nitpicky oversight that discouraged initiative and slowed decision-making. The result was a culture of over-planning and under-delivering: lots of talk, very little execution, and not enough trust in the people hired to do the work. If you value focused time, fair pay, and reasonable autonomy, this environment will be frustrating.

Svantaggi

My experience at Cambium Learning Group was overwhelmingly negative: underpay relative to expectations, a calendar eaten alive by meetings (including a weekly four-hour planning slog), and a management style that nitpicks and micromanages instead of enabling execution. The obsession with planning left almost no time for actual work. Hard pass.

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Risposta di Cambium Learning Group
7mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to provide your perspective on your experience at Cambium. We’re committed to continuously improving how we support our employees and create an environment where they can do meaningful, impactful work. Your feedback is valuable as we strive to create a more consistent and supportive environment for our employees. Thank you again for your feedback and for being part of our continued growth. If you’d like to share more, please feel free to reach out to us at PX@cambiumlearning.com.

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Dipendente anonimo
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Svantaggi

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