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Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform™ enables forward-thinking employers to invest in their employees, unlocking life-changing opportunities for personal and professional growth through education and learning programs, career development, and one-on-one coaching. Guild partners with the nation’s largest employers — including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, Providence Health, and The Walt Disney Company — to create cultures of opportunity that will help them attract and retain top talent, and build the workforce of the future. Guild offers a marketplace of curated education and learning programs designed for what working adults need to succeed in their programs. Layered onto that is support, guidance, and resources at every step to help ensure the new skills employees are building translate into career pathways that are in demand at their companies — all without paying for tuition or career services on their own. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
32
TOTAL
RATINGS
409

Guild Company Culture

Guild Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
3.4/5
Guild's Overall Culture is rated C+

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Guild CEO

Top 40%Top 40% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Rachel Carlson Guild's CEO
Rachel Carlson
69 /100

Diversity at Guild

Bottom 45%Bottom 45% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
C

Diverse employees at Guild have rated Perks And Benefits, Compensation, and Manager as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Guild

Top 15%Top 15% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A-

Women at Guild have rated Perks And Benefits, Compensation, and Happiness as the highest categories they have scored

Guild eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Top 35%Top 35% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

12

Guild employees are 12% more likely to recommend Guild as a great place to work

50%Promoters
12%Passives
38%Detractors

Working at Guild

Working at Guild is rated average by 32 employees, across various culture dimensions. Guild employees are most satisfied about Compensation, Perks And Benefits, and Happiness categories, putting Guild’s culture in the Top 50% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Bottom 40% compared to other companies in Denver. See below in detail how working at Guild was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Guild

C+

Overall Company Culture at Guild is rated C+

Last updated months ago

Top
50%

Guild ranks in the Top 50% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

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Customer Support
76
Customer Support76
Operations
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Guild Employee Reviews

Out of 56 Guild employee reviews, 70% were positive. The remaining 30% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Guild improve their work culture.

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30%
Positive Reviews70%
Constructive Feedback30%

Constructive Feedback From Guild Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    401k match, under market base salary

Guild Company Information

Guild Company Overview

Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform™ enables forward-thinking employers to invest in their employees, unlocking life-changing opportunities for personal and professional growth through education and learning programs, career development, and one-on-one coaching. Guild partners with the nation’s largest employers — including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, Providence Health, and The Walt Disney Company — to create cultures of opportunity that will help them attract and retain top talent, and build the workforce of the future. Guild offers a marketplace of curated education and learning programs designed for what working adults need to succeed in their programs. Layered onto that is support, guidance, and resources at every step to help ensure the new skills employees are building translate into career pathways that are in demand at their companies — all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.

Guild was founded in 2015 and its current CEO is Rachel Carlson. Since its inception 11 years ago, Guild has grown to 1400 employees.

Guild Mission, Vision & Values

Guild Mission Statement

Guild’s mission is to unlock opportunity for America’s workforce through education, skilling, and career pathways. Our mission-aligned business model set up Guild to become both a public benefit corporation (PBC) and a certified B Corp, which has been an effective model to support our scale as well as our social impact.

Guild Vision Statement

At Guild, we’re expanding opportunity for America’s workforce, and we’re committed to doing the same for our own employees by supporting them professionally and personally. This includes access to fully-funded tuition for education and skilling programs through Guild for Guilders, and a focus on internal career mobility. We are committed to nurturing a dynamic, healthy & mission-aligned culture where diversity is embraced and Guild employees feel a sense of belonging and empowerment.

Guild Values

  • Nurture a Learner's Mindset: We are fueled by curiosity – consciously & continuously seeking to make ourselves, each other, and the work better.
  • Build Shared Success: At Guild, success is not a zero sum game. We strive for the win-win in serving all of our stakeholders, knowing we deliver the b
  • Be an Owner: We each own a piece of Guild – as owners, we take responsibility today and always for our voices, our business, our actions, and our long
  • Create Belonging: We believe that belonging is essential to business. We are cultivating a community rooted in diversity and respect, with heart and c
Headquarter370 17th St
Denver, CO 80202
United States of America
Websiteguild.com
Founding Date2015
Tel 720-378-5452
Company StatusPrivate
Jobswww.guild.com/careers/
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Guild Competitors

Guild competitors include OpenSesame, Udemy, Udacity, and Management Concepts. Guild ranks 4th in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Guild compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    OpenSesame's Logo
    OpenSesame
    4.7/5
  2. #2
    Udemy's Logo
    Udemy
    4.2/5
  3. #3
    Udacity's Logo
    Udacity
    4.1/5
  4. #4
    Guild's Logo
    Guild
    3.4/5
  5. #5
    Management Concepts' Logo
    Management Concepts
    2.4/5
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Guild Employees

Guild has 1400 employees. 32 employees at Guild have reviewed Guild across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 32 Guild employees give their leadership a grade of C+, or Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Guild are pleased with their total compensation at Guild, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Guild are generally satisfied with their team. 32 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C+. The majority believe the meetings at Guild are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Guild believe the environment at Guild is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Guild is extremely fast. About 56% of the employees at Guild work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Guild are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Guild - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Guild is that the company was prepared on their first day. Guild employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 100% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Guild KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Guild employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Guild's KPIs and OKRs.

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No100%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
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Guild CEO & Leadership

Rachel Carlson Guild's CEO
69 /100

Guild CEO Awards and Recognitions

Best CEOs for Diversity 2022 (Large Companies)

Rachel’s approval rate is just above average, putting Rachel in the Top 40% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 50% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Denver. Rachel Carlson is well regarded by employees for the Compensation Guild offers, and ranks among the Top 10% of CEOs by employees in that category. Rachel is most liked by African American/Black employees and employees in the HR department. However, employees in the Customer Support department have a slightly unfavorable view of the CEO. When compared to Guild’s competitors, Rachel Carlson ranks just above Udacity’s CEO Gabe Dalporto. With Rachel’s leadership, Guild employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and Perks And Benefits. Rachel was rated slightly below average for Office Culture.

Guild Leadership

The Guild Executive Team is rated a “D+” and led by CEO Rachel Carlson, CTO Donnie Flood, and VP of Product Operations Amanda Lubin

  • Rachel Carlson  CEO / President

    Rachel Carlson CEO / President

    Rachel Carlson serves as the CEO / President of Guild.

  • Donnie Flood CTO

    Donnie Flood serves as the CTO for Guild Education. Donnie started at Guild Education in June of 2018. Donnie is based... read more

  • Amanda Lubin VP of Product Operations

    Amanda Lubin serves as the VP of Product Operations for Guild Education. Amanda started at Guild Education in October of... read more

  • Jessica Rusin VP of Engineering

    Jessica Rusin serves as the VP of Engineering for Guild Education. Jessica started at Guild Education in April of 2016.... read more

  • Zoe Weintraub VP of Partnership Implementation & Business Development

    Zoe Weintraub serves as the VP of Partnership Implementation & Business Development for Guild Education. Zoe started at... read more

  • Brooke Gabbert Sr. Director of Communications

    Brooke Gabbert serves as the Sr. Director of Communications for Guild Education. Brooke started at Guild Education in... read more

  • Chris Romer Co-Founder -- VP of University Partnerships

    Chris Romer serves as the Co-Founder -- VP of University Partnerships for Guild Education. Chris started at Guild... read more

  • Terrence Cummings VP, Client Partnerships

    Terrence Cummings serves as the VP, Client Partnerships for Guild Education. Terrence started at Guild Education in July... read more

  • Randi Cosentino Chief Academic Officer

    Randi Cosentino serves as the Chief Academic Officer for Guild Education. Randi started at Guild Education in May of... read more

Guild Salaries

How much does Guild pay?

How much do people at Guild get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Guild is $104,133, or $50 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $98,066, or $47 per hour.

At Guild, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $209,185 annually and the lowest is an Admin Assistant at $45,825 annually. Average Guild salaries by department include: Business Development at $113,379, Sales at $143,875, Design at $116,438, and Customer Support at $65,456. Half of Guild salaries are above $98,066.

22 employees at Guild rank their Compensation in the Top 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 65 ratings) while 22 employees at Guild rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 22 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Guild employees include job titles like Operations Manager and Director of HR. Comparably data has a total of 0 salary records from Guild employees.

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$63k
$63k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$80k
$80k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$98k
$98k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$159k
$159k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$215k
$215k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$239k
$239k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$281k
$281k100th Percentile
$104,133*
Average Compensation
$98,066*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Guild Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at Guild

Diverse employees at Guild score the company 66/100 across various culture categories, placing Guild in the Bottom 45% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Guild across various culture dimensions.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is more than a philosophy at Guild – it’s at the core of who we are and why we exist.,,At Guild, we take a holistic approach to DEIB, striving to create an equitable and inclusive workplace and investing in diversity to achieve our mission to create a culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women 96/100
Department - HR
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees 88/100
Department - HR

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Guild Perks & Benefits

At Guild, every employee is granted equity in the company and a rewards package that includes benefits like onsite childcare, an open paid time off policy, and of course, access to education and support to grow your career. We offer access to fully-funded tuition for education and skilling programs for all employees through our Guild for Guilders program. Guild is a remote first company. We believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 31 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI.

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Gym Membership / Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays
  • Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan
  • Performance Bonus
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Office Perks

  • Free Food
  • Company Social Outings
  • Work From Home Policy
  • Unique Office Space

Guild PTO

Guild's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year with 0% of employees expected to be work free while out of office. Guild's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $1500 - $2500 cash value per month.

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Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution100%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
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No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
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$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo100%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
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What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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Overview of Candidates Interested in Guild on Comparably

Candidates By Department

All Industries
50%
Operations
17%
HR
17%
Engineering
17%

Candidates By Location

Denver
67%
Boulder
33%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Guild

What is Guild address?

Guild location is at 370 17th St

Who is the CEO of Guild?

Guild CEO is Rachel Carlson, their score by employees is 69

What is Guild eNPS?

The eNPS for Guild is 12

What is the salary for Account Executive in Guild?

Account Executive average salary in the US is 82k

What are the salaries in the Legal in Guild?

The average salaries for Legal in Guild is 158k

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