Comparably Awards

Newsela Claimed Company

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Texts are published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, more than 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that’s accessible to everyone, aligned to standards, and attached to activities and reporting that provide visibility into what students are learning and how teachers are leveraging the content in instruction. With more than 15,000 texts and 10 new texts published daily across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any topic they choose. read more

This company is accepting feedback from verified employees EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 108

TOTAL RATINGS: 3099

CEO: Pep Carrera

Chris Mezzatesta — Chief Revenue Officer at Newsela

Executive Bio

Chris Mezzatesta is responsible for ensuring Newsela is in as many classrooms as possible. He leads Newsela’s Customer team, which spans sales, sales operations, business development, learning and enablement, curricular solutions, and customer success. With over 30 years of experience, he has led startups, hyper-growth companies, and public companies to successful exits and unicorn valuations. Chris brings his unique combination of strategic leadership, team building, motivational coaching, mentoring skills, and achieving growth and retention targets to each business he grows. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Maryland and an MBA in Strategic Management from Pace University - Lubin School of Business. --- Chris’s favorite subject in school: P.E./Gym

Chief Revenue Officer Impact on Sales Department's Culture

Chris Mezzatesta holds the highest position within the Sales department at Newsela — Chief Revenue Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Sales department. The average employee described daily life within the Sales department as a Comfortably fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Newsela's Sales department are invested in Newsela's goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	94%
No	6%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	100%
No	0%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	94%
No	6%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	100%
Negative	0%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	26%
Good	65%
Average	6%
Poor	0%
Horrible	3%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	84%
No	16%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from Newsela Employees

TOP

Newsela's Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

See Detailed Executive Team Ratings

Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

93% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 93/100

Department - Business Development 92/100

Department - Sales 91/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Ethnicity - Other 79/100

Department - Customer Success 82/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 83/100

Newsela's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 199 ratings, Newsela's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A+” or 88/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Business Development department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Customer Success department.

Newsela's Executive Team ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in Buffalo, NY and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 201-500 Employees.

Rate your company