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Worldstrides
With nearly 50 years of experience, WorldStrides is the largest and most trusted accredited student travel organization in the U.S. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
85
TOTAL
RATINGS
981
Updated on: August 22, 2025

Worldstrides Company Culture

Worldstrides Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
2.7/5
Worldstrides' Overall Culture is rated D

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Manager
C+
Team
C+
Environment
C
Office Culture
C
Professional Development
C

Worldstrides CEO

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Bob Gogel Worldstrides' CEO
Bob Gogel
50 /100
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A Day in the Life
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Worldstrides employees generally work 9.4 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Worldstrides report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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90% of Worldstrides employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Worldstrides employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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60% of Worldstrides employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Worldstrides employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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51% of Worldstrides employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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How hard is it to get promoted at Worldstrides?

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  • It's definitely an "ol boys club" culture here. Look at the executive board, it's predominantly white upper class men. People are promoted...

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How often do employees get raises at Worldstrides?

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  • For sales positions it's heavily commission, but for everyone else you'd be lucky to get a 2% merit increase. And no, that is not in...

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What kind of people does Worldstrides like to hire?

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  • The greener the better here. People fresh out of college are the prime targets in my department. They don't know how underpaid the position...

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How are layoffs handled in the Customer Support department at Worldstrides?

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  • We had massive layoffs during COVID-19 and while upper management got to make decisions about who would be laid off or who would be...

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What makes you the most proud about working at Worldstrides?

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  • I'm so proud that our CEO can afford property in the US as well as abroad in France and other locations while telling the employees below...

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What perk or benefit should Worldstrides have?

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  • Severance pay after 20 years of giving your life to them.

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Worldstrides

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10%

Worldstrides currently ranks in the Bottom 10% of similarly sized companies

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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Worldstrides

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5%

Worldstrides currently ranks in the Bottom 5% of similarly sized companies

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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?"
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-28
eNPS Score
28%Promoters
16%Passives
56%Detractors
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Mission, Vision, & Values

WorldStrides’ mission is to ignite personal growth for students through travel and study abroad at every stage of development.

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Worldstrides Culture At a Glance

85 employees at Worldstrides have reviewed Worldstrides 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 85 Worldstrides employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 20% of similar size companies. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Worldstrides are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Worldstrides, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Worldstrides are generally satisfied with their team. 85 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C+. Less than half believe the meetings at Worldstrides are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Worldstrides believe the environment at Worldstrides is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Worldstrides is comfortably fast. About 49% of the employees at Worldstrides work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Worldstrides are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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Worldstrides vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    EF Education First
    69 / 100
  2. 2nd
    Worldstrides
    60 / 100
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Perks & Benefits

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