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Benchmark Education

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If free salad lunch is the price tag for your dignity and much of your free time, this place is for you! - Anonymous employee Benchmark Education Employee Review

1.0
25 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a small company, there are opportunities to try out a number of roles. However, every role leads to the same frustration and degradation in the end. And the degradation is LOUD and public.

Cons

You know those awkward family gatherings where one family member is completely off the walls and everyone has to politely sip their wine and tiptoe around the elephant in the room? Well, this place is pretty much that dysfunctional and uncomfortable at all times. There is screaming, throwing, ripping, and earthquake grade slamming and shaking. Trying to get actual work done is like being trapped in the Blair Witch Project when they repeatedly wander in circles in the woods and keep finding themselves back in the same spot time and time again and then cry. Guidelines change constantly to the point where you don't even know what you are trying to do anymore and you have to start over and over. And you will probably cry. But, hey, there is wine. Which is necessary, because boundaries here are never clear. Yes, nice food is occasionally catered for employees and many office social events are given. However, as these things creep into the work environment, the work environment eventually begins to creep into personal life. It is as if the next natural step would be to bring your bed into this place. There are no set work hours and employees do come in on weekends. Personal jabs are made as well as many other comments that cross the race, sex, gender, you-name-it propriety line.

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5.0
7 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I became incensed when I came across the reviews on Glassdoor and wanted to contribute my own review. I suppose things have changed here at Benchmark because I have a completely different view of this organization. I work fully remote from home. The culture is collaborative. People are NICE and very professional!! The 401k benefits match at 25% of my contributions (not 3 or 4% like most companies) AND they have a profit sharing bonus. It's a very inclusive and diverse company. Thank you, Benchmark. I'm going to reach out to other employees and see if we can 'up' these numbers with positive reviews!

Cons

I wish I could visit the main headquarters and meet my peers in-person someday.

2.0
5 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

May be manageable if you are 100% remote.

Cons

If you have to be in the New Rochelle office, it is truly a strange place with bizarre, abusive management. The negative reviews are accurate. You will hear yelling, shouting, cursing, and insults thrown around casually. It’s usually directed at individuals. This comes from the very top CEO - the bad vibes trickle down through middle management and onto workers. Turnover is extremely high, lots of layoffs and outsourcing. Occasional free lunch doesn’t make up for the horrible culture. Systems are convoluted and there’s no real training process or HR, so a lot of times one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing.

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