75 Instructional Designer Reviews
Instructional Designers give their job an average rating of 3.5 out of 5.0. The Instructional Designers happiest with their jobs are employed by TEKsystems with an average rating of 4.9 while the Instructional Designers least happy with their jobs work for ConsultNet with an average rating of 1.0.
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"I really liked organizing content into a wonderfully wrapped up course but I need a bit more gratification. Working as a developer, I always was gratified after I completed a task, or found the problem with an application."
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"Worst temp assignment I've ever taken. Miserable. Felt like a slave."
What do you like about working at DirecTV?
"Nothing. I wasted a year here in Consumer Premise Engineering to find a new job but they ultimately laid me off."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Avoid Consumer Premise Engineering, other groups aren't as bad. However keep in mind this company has major nepotism issues (you can find reviews everywhere stating this) so don't expect a warm cozy work environment, you will always be competing in unnecessary and unmotivating ways."
What don't you like about working at DirecTV?
"Bullying management. Authoritarian style, ignores you if you do well, reprimands you for not reading his mind. Management by threats, no leadership at all. Like working in a factory. Manager steals work, unclear direction, poor communicator. Upper management interviewed me and knew of the bullying but told me there was nothing they would do about it. Reported discrimination and was ignored. Very backward methods of management. Training only offered to family and friends, other employees given no training, then reprimanded for not being up to speed. Management sets up non-family and friends up for failure."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Hire manager that have management experience. Give all employees training, not just the favorites and your family."
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"Worst temp agency in the U.S."
What do you like about working at ConsultNet?
"Nothing. This is a sub-par temporary recruiting firm that doensn't come close to comparing to professional firms like Tek System and other companies."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Find a different recruiter, these guys aren't worth it. Or if you do have to take a job for financial reason with them be working on finding another one and quit asap."
What don't you like about working at ConsultNet?
"I was placed on a job that didn't relate to what I was told, had nothing to do with my skill set and I was forced to take jobs that had no relation to my work.. I was told that if I move to LA from San Diego for this job that it would go full time, but the client told me that Consultnet lied to me to get me take the job. I reported discrimination and harrassment and was ignored. I asked for my personnel file and was denied. In the over 1 year I worked for the client they never once check in on me. They do not care about the employees they staff, they only care about their profit. As soon as I was let go by the client Consultnet removed me as an employee and so far will not help me find new work, again I believe this is a continuing the retaliation for me reporting discrimination.Every other temporary agency I've worked for (and it's a lot) has always check on me regularly and typically has taken me out for lunch and included me in in company events. Consultnet will not reach out to you or do anything to make you feel like they care at all. NEVER. They are, as the last client they staffed me with said, pimps that only care about making money and have no desire to actual manage issues."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Don't lie to employees to trick them to take a job. Dont' lie and say a job will go full time when you know it won't. Respond to complaint of harrassment. Stop ignoring employees. Give the employee their personnel file when requested since it is a law in California."
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"I liked working for Applied Medical until I didn't like it anymore."
What do you like about working at Applied Medical?
"I liked my team. My boss was excellent. Both of them. But my second team is what really made me want to stay. They were awesome!"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Just know that it is family owned. There is a lot of nepotism it seems. Friends of the family and family members will receive slack. And they never explain why they fire you. They just tap you out. It's scary and creates and unsettling environment."
What don't you like about working at Applied Medical?
"The CEO had no idea what mid level management was doing. Team members DID NOT experience what he discussed."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Get in touch and start doing employee engagement surveys and FOLLOW UP."
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"WGU offers a flexible work environment that is great for remote workers"
What do you like about working at Western Governors University?
"I like the flexibility of the company and the opportunity."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be sure to research the goals of the company and the competency-based education model."
What don't you like about working at Western Governors University?
"There is not a lot of room for advancement if you don't have a terminal degree"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Ensure that there is more room for advancement in the company"
What do you like about working at Intuit?
"Good positive team energy, focused on the future, recognizes performance."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be positive, be smart, own the outcome, and focus on the results, and how you got the results."
What don't you like about working at Intuit?
"Constant state of high alert because we take on too much."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Better pace the work, too much like trying to sprint thru a marathon."
What do you like about working at Penn State University?
"solid benefits, reasonable workloads. interesting projects for the most part."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"gossip is difficult to avoid, and it can be difficult to get your ideas heard. but if one is diligent and keeps at it, you can eventually get a seat in the right meetings and start having more of a say in what happens."
What don't you like about working at Penn State University?
"too much nepotism and insider activity re: hiring, promotions, and project assignments"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"job classifications are too rigid, making it difficult to retain good people at times."
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"To work here you should be a sponge."
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