Achievement First reviews

3.0

35% would recommend to a friend

(999 total reviews)
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Fatimah Barker

39% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Achievement First has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 999 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Achievement First employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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999 reviews
5.0
Aug 29, 2018

New Teacher

Recommend
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Pros

Everyone likes to help out and make sure that everyone is striving for excellence. You WILL be pushed out of your comfort zone, so embrace it and roll with it.

Cons

Long hours, but it is worth it for the scholars.

3.0
Jul 23, 2018

Vet, vet, vet

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The training provided at PD and the magic that happens when a teacher and coach are well paired is confidence boosting. Schools do put in effort to regularly show appreciation, some of the staff are honestly the best professionals and human beings ever, some of the kids are honestly the best thinkers and human beings ever.

Cons

Long work hours and little schedule flexibility. Last minute changes to schedule and breakdowns in communication between teams. Behavioral system can put teachers and staff in the "bad guy" spot with students who then feel attacked. Not enough room for kids to be kids and not enough time for them to move around. Uneven workloads and seemingly few people have time/energy/brainwidth to help. Not the first choice if you're a new teacher, but a solid choice if you have a few years under your belt and want a challenge.

4.0
May 22, 2018

10 years career at Achievement First

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of opportunities to work across different teams and verticles, good mission alignment, opportunities for growth if you hustled hard

Cons

Team culture varied a lot in different parts of the organization, still trying to figure out how to evolve from a "growing to a grown" organization

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