Bridgepoint Education Reviews

I worked at Bridgepoint Education full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great Pay. Great Benefits. Fast Paced Environment. Updated building. Meet New People.
Some of the management staff are friendly.
You get to keep your job if you do well selling online education subscriptions.

Cons – Sadly, there are layoffs happening in Denver again. If you aren't making enrollments fast enough, you will be laid off. Very cut-throat environment.
The focus is on Education yet you will be expected to make enrollments- at any cost.
This is a value testing environment. If you have any, you won't make it for long.
Human Resources hands are tied. If you don't meet what they won't call a quota, you will be fired.

Advice to Senior Management – Do Not Discriminate In The Hiring Process. Lay off the managers that risk you being exposed for discrimination in the hiring process.
Admit you have a quota. 'Performance Based' works but don't tell people when you 'lay them off' that they don't fit the values when they aren't making sales.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Bridgepoint Education full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good benefits, decent wage for the area, San Diego has a higher cost of living. Very liberal LOA policy.

Cons – "Managers" came from the ranks of "salespeople" on the floor. Many had poor management skills if any at all. I was embarrassed to tell people I worked for Ashford University, since it has such a bad reputation, always said I worked for Bridgepoint Education.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Bridgepoint Education full-time for less than a year

Pros – Decent starting salary and benefits package
Enjoyed my coworkers

Cons – Everything else
The pay and benefits have to be good because nearly everyone hates working there.
Management was hilariously inept. I had 3 managers in 8 months and didn't learn a thing from any of them. Directors are only about the bottom line and will overlook employees breaking federal laws as long as their enrolling "students".
Admissions Counselor is the most misleading title ever. They use sales tactics and teach you how to guilt people into enrolling into a school that is going to fail them.
I was repeatedly asked if I was interested in moving up to management, then inexplicably laid off in their last "10% cut" without any concrete reason.

Advice to Senior Management – Get out before the DoE shuts down the school and prosecutes for breaking federal regulations.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Bridgepoint Education full-time for more than a year

Pros – The job paid well, offered great training, and benefits

Cons – Highly stressful environment. If you didn't enroll enough students you would be fired or receive pay cuts. They hired about 200 people ever couple of weeks and most of them couldn't make the cut. About 1/4 were fired for not being good enough. 1/4 were promoted to manager or transferred to another department. And about 1/2 left the position due to stress. Many employees were seeing counselors strictly for work related stress. Also get ready to work a lot!!!!!

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in your employees. Don't churn and burn

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Bridgepoint Education full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great team of people in the graduate division.

Cons – They operate a classic boiler room. Nothing but high pressure phone calls to prospective students (veiled as admissions counseling).

Advice to Senior Management – Cut out all the layers of management. It's overkill.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Bridgepoint Education full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Laid back environment and good people. The benefits packages are decent, but not great (no paid FMLA for new parents).

Cons – Professional, educated, and salaried employees are treated the same as those with only high school degrees. I believe that there should be benefits for finishing school and having experience. Software developers don't get a lot of self-improvement benefits, unless you happen to be on the right team.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Bridgepoint Education as a contractor

Pros – High energy and motivated. Good focus on outcomes.

Cons – Long term goals. Moves fast. Long term focus.

I have been working at Bridgepoint Education full-time for less than a year

Pros – Young work culture and adaptive working environment

Cons – Narrowly focussed on short term goals

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Bridgepoint Education full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Competitive Entry-level salaries, great health benefits, fun culture, experience in a fairly new but rapidly growing industry, opportunity for growth. BA preferred but there are plenty of opportunities for those without a degree as well.

Cons – It's a 9 to 5 cubicle job, as with any large corporation there are drawbacks. The admissions department can be a difficult and stressful job, but after 6 months you are eligible to transfer to other departments if you desire.

I worked at Bridgepoint Education full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good benefits, coworkers were mostly nice, great gyms

Cons – It is very political and people who don't know what they are doing get promoted and and unfit for management. Right now there is a lot of uncertainty, and people I know who work there fear that they will be let go at any time. In January they let go of 10% of the company and they say it will happen every year. Many veterans with the company are leaving.

Advice to Senior Management – Start to value your employees and don't use scare tactics to get people to work. Also, look to reorganizing management, especially upper management, as they are often the least competent.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company