education consultant

sales engineer

regional manager

program manager

marketing operations manager

Promethean

Was acquired 2016 ... terrible internal changes, poor leadership and management (kept unqualified mgr when closed dept) and person in HR who is awful at her job.  Outsourcing jobs, no concern for customer service or quality.  They did hired a new CEO which may help, still need to let go of a couple of managers who are not qualified or not doing well.  Supposedly, moving headquarters to Seattle - inconsistent policies across different departments.  Some people work from home while others can't (even if the work is possible to do remote), preferential treatment for friends, .... felt like taking advantage of workers - more work, less pay, less concern with service or quality.

Positive is some good people to work with, casual wear jeans/shorts, decent medical benefits and PTO ... just insecurity - need better direction, more pay and consistency across groups.

I loved my first few years at Promethean. Selling an amazing product with lots of teacher input, helping teachers learn to use technology, lesson design, travel, my coworkers, all great. There has been a lot of turnover at the top to clear out the people who focused on creating a good product and taking care of customers. This has left fake, cheerleader-type sycophants that give you no real information in meetings. Their recent firing of half their regional education consultants, after months of guaranteeing their jobs were safe, was the final straw. They are no longer setting their employees up to effectively do their jobs, as everyone is afraid they are next. Anyone who questions the company direction or how they are going to improve their glitchy, subpar technology is let go. 

Check out Glassdoor if you want to see the truth about this company.  It used to have a good culture over all; but is totally going down.  Upper management and manager in bed with each other (figure of speech)... hiring and keeping young people over seasoned employees; lay offs all year (most recent Jan) not based on seniority or sales record, closed our state side warehouse, outsourcing jobs overseas, constantly changing way they do business ... do not support employee input, extreme micro-managing, never enough attitude ... sales commission is a mess (way underpaid for the amount of sales -- you get about 1% of your sales), take advantage of people.  Too much unrest, insecurity and lack of direction, and poor leadership.

Promethean was experiencing growth during my time with them. As they flowered in their market I was able to quickly move from unloading trucks to heading my own department repairing damaged merchandise and upgrading outdated stock. One of my first experiences as a team leader, I came in each morning eager for the days new developments. As the company and its product changed I was afforded the opportunity to learn something each week, if not each day. With each new product to account for in inventory there were new programs and interfaces to learn, particularly in regards to firmware upgrades.

I loved being involved. My department rocked! We all dedicated our lives to the success of every student and teacher around the world. It was a fulfilling experience to develop and market products that enabled effortless and fun learning across the globe. My co-workers were the best. We worked hard and played hard. Management empowered us each day to inspire everyone by sparking imagination. The hardest part of my job was working long hours and weekends. The most enjoyable part of my job was traveling around the nation and world meeting our students and teachers and seeing the joy on their faces.

Decent company in constant change. Conceptually things were good, but too many cooks in the kitchen and a whole lot of turnover in terms of employees/management. Benefits were pretty good (health, 401K etc.)
Got to a point of high stress never really knowing one week to the next whether or not one still had a job. Turnover across the board was extensive, multiple layoffs every couple of months.
Communication from the top level down was sporadic and inconsistent.
Little to no possibility of movement upward within the company. Incentives were very 'elementary' similar to earning Coke Reward points.

Just look at Linkedin for employee comments. Promethean was one of the very, very best companies of all time. Then they went public and traded the failing quest for revenue for vastly growing revenue. Promethean was growing rapidly at a very efficient and cost effective way. If they left it be, they would still be growing even in a changing market. Unlike the movie, greed is bad. Check out PRW on the FTSE market, you will see what I mean.

This role offers a lot of autonomy, which can carry several pro's and con's.  The mentoring is limited, but you have a lot of freedom to run the territory as you see fit.  Often times, the autonomy can make you feel a bit isolated though as there is limited interaction from a team perspective or with the inside supporting roles in the company headquarters.  

My most enjoyable part of my job though is working with my clients and spending time seeing the solutions in use live.  It really makes it all worthwhile!

Each day started the same as the day before had ended, no leadership in the management position. No organization in the order process coming down to the shipping department. I learned patience and adjusting to these situations as a norm. With my ability to adjust to these "normal" circumstances, my co-workers and staff learned to adjust as well. The hardest part of my day was the lack of support in the management role. I learned that the only support my co-workers could depend on was me.

Promethean, Inc. was surely ahead of it's time. Great people in a multicultural setting, make it to be a very exciting place to wok and learn. We were high tech and visually stunning office, which made a joy to see the expression on clients faces. The minute they walked in, they knew we were first class professional organization.  Promethean's office was very hands on interactive as well as user friendly.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Education consultant 4 salaries reported	$70,000 per year
Sales engineer 1 salary reported	$104,025 per year
Regional manager 1 salary reported	$104,500 per year
Program manager 1 salary reported	$121,350 per year
Marketing operations manager 1 salary reported	$63,350 per year

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