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The Shine is coming off - Anonymous employee Curriculum Associates Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company has some of the best products on the market (albeit the tech component is falling behind because of management decisions to focus on print). The compensation is decent, and the benefits are good.

Cons

There has been a huge shift in culture in just the last year. HUGE. This is not the CA it was 12-15 months ago. As has been mentioned in nearly every non-gleaming review, this is not a place for you if you aren't a "Yes!" man/woman. Senior Management doesn't really want to hear the issues, they want to be told they are right and have their ego stroked. Some major attitudes and egos within the Sr echelons. The cattiness has been mentioned and it's getting worse. Starting to be more and more cliques which are making doing business the right way more and more difficult. Friends are being brought in to staff management positions and all it's creating is an environment where doing business and helping teachers/students is getting harder and harder.

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Cons

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Curriculum Associates Response
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Thank you for sharing this feedback — and for the energy you brought to your time here. It's genuinely great to hear that the people and the professional opportunities stood out to you. Supporting the growth of everyone on our team — including those early in their careers — is something we care about, and it's meaningful to know that showed up in your experience. We appreciate you taking the time to share it.
1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Great people even if we are remote. Good benefits.

Cons

They keep moving the goal post while piling on more expectations. First it was opening an office in India to "chase the sun" (98 US employees got layed off before the holidays. CEO sent out a recorded message admitting that conducting business is cheaper in India. No employees outside the US were layed off), next asking what employees would be willing to give up benefit wise (keep in mind they are known for being on the lower end of market with compensation) and now forcing mandatory fun days for a small percentage of employees who are remote not hybrid (they won't be tracking you but if you don't attend it will be part of your performance review. Asking for an exception is possibly a trap or test to see who is a "team player"). This all feels like a trap or a bad dream. The foundation is cracking under the weight of growing without taking a break for things to adjust. I'm burnt out and exhausted. Always waiting for the next shoe to drop will do that. I do my work, I do it well but that doesn't seem to be good enough anymore.

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Curriculum Associates Response
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Thank you for sharing this. We're glad the people and benefits still feel like genuine positives in your experience. We hear your concerns about the pace of change recently and recognize that a lot of change landing at once can feel less like growth and more like pressure. Burnout is something we take seriously, and we're working to make sure the "why" behind these decisions is communicated clearly. We believe that being together in person makes us stronger as a team. And we also value flexibility, which is why we're asking for just 6 days a month from employees local to our Billerica office, not a full return to office. Flexibility has been, and will continue to be, core to how we work.
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