Pros
You might have some really nice co-workers to bond with Somewhat flexible in scheduling hours depending on what department you work in They try to make an effort to fundraise for needy children
Cons
Employee childcare discount off of an exorbitant amount of tuition is not worth it in the long run. All other available benefits are terrible. HR in this company is primarily a party planning committee. If you get a raise, it's a pathetic amount on top of a pathetic wage to begin with. Corporate employees are told to "support" the centers -- essentially this means constant hand-holding and filling in everything but the signature blank on center management's paperwork for the corporate office. Center management is largely incompetent for handling administrative tasks. They are also made to handle a volume of functions that is rather inhumane, and so administrative tasks suffer even further. All other staff at centers are treated like crap and also paid a pathetic wage. their disgust causes high turnover in the centers, thus contributing more to the failure of administrators. The HEART principles are only used as a tool to coerce employees into not complaining about the lot they're dealt. If they make any complaint, they're told they are not acting in accordance with the HEART principles, so then they'll quiet down if they don't want to get in trouble. Upper corporate management does not listen to it's employees, they are very dismissive of people they find to be beneath them, they do not acknowledge problems that exist, they do not work on solutions for serious issues that corporate employees face everyday. As long as the tuition is rolling in, they're satisfied and happily celebrate their "success". Certain corporate employees are subtly excluded from corporate activities, and are treated as if they don't even exist. I know my particular department receives no bonuses or other incentives, and we have to fight to get an annual increase every year. It would not surprise me in the least to find out that certain other departments and upper management DO have many incentives and bonuses. My department also is not provided any career training or professional organization affiliation opportunities. We have no opportunity for advancement within our branch of the company. We are overworked and aren't even permitted to perform many tasks related to our field; instead we are forced to do the work of other departments and the centers, while a select few above us are permitted to hoard all significant responsibilities, rendering themselves indispensable.
