All a facade - Anonymous employee Course Hero Employee Review

1.0
14 May 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Well crafted communications by leadership - Incredibly well paid - Excessive benefits - Flexibility, few hours of work/day - Relaxed environment

Cons

If you're looking for somewhere happy, easy, and well-paid to work, Course Hero is excellent. However, all of these positives are there to create an incredibly well-crafted facade of paid "best places to work". When Course Hero has to make difficult decisions, such as creating real work challenges, holding everyone accountable to performance, or protecting against harassment and sexual assault, Course Hero will always take the easy, most favorable route for themselves vs. being good people. This is hardly surprising of a business but is surprising of a company who boasts a culture of the complete opposite. Beneath the surface, they go directly against the culture they try to promote. They have some ugly secrets but most won't have to get to the point to see them anyway.

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Cons

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