The reason why I say culture isn't as advertised is that they continually claim that they don't act like a corporation when they do. It's a start-up that thinks it has a start-up culture. Higher-ups can be freely reached out to and talk to them about feedback? No. Suggestions are always welcome for improving the way we work? No.
You give them feedback, comments, or suggestions and you're always always met with pushbacks from higher-ups. There's no collaboration happening at all between leads and their team members. In other startups, people are freely able to improve ways of working or to branch out with other departments to work on ideas they could turn into a successful project. You're not allowed to do that here. You're stuck with your role that's dictated by the higher-ups. Maybe this is only applicable for my team but I've been hearing it happen to others as well.
Diversity and inclusion in the company isn't what you think it should be. Sure, they hire people of color and people from third-world countries. But are most of them part of important conversations? Or like a lot of corporations now, get a select few to be a part of their leadership so they can technically say they have a diverse and inclusive culture?
You'd also think that since this is an EdTech company, they'd have more training opportunities / push for learning activities more than other companies. There's no formal training at all. Entry-levels that start their career here aren't given any type of mentoring from leads or managers. They don't even use their own product to improve their own training in the company. Apart from ID and people handling the site, i don't think anyone touches the content of those courses at all. How can they expect to grow when they don't even trust their own product to train their team?
