Big pros & big cons - Counselor K12 Employee Review

2.0
Oct 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful school admin Remote Much healthier work-life balance than ever possible working in Brick & Mortar

Cons

Horrible pay- if K12 Stride would even attempt to get closer to industry standard or Brick & mortar averages, they would see sooo much less turnover and much more invested staff. You get the level of dedication and effort that you pay for. Constant changes to the structure of how the schools operate make it difficult to keep up with all the systems. Mandatory in-person state testing only applies to some. Stride pays for contractors to support testing sites, but the testing coordinators will still demand school staff come to test sites 3-5 days per week for all 8+ weeks of state testing. Most the contractors sit on couches and do nothing while the regular employees run around doing the testing work AND try to balance all their regular work load. It’s a joke.

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5.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Great co workers teams work well together

Cons

none that i know of . loved my time there

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K12 Response
3mo
We’re thrilled to hear you’ve had such a positive experience at K12! Thank you for being part of our team and for sharing your perspective.
3.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Great collaboration with highly professional colleagues who truly care about teaching and education. Work remotely.

Cons

Insufficient training for the many responsibilities of the position. Insufficient follow-up from the upper administration on said responsibilities. Workload increased to levels that made completion of said workload difficult (with putting in extra hours without added compensation) to basically impossible. Difficult to change roles (at least, in my position). Many additional hours away from the classroom, which greatly disrupted educational continuity.

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K12 Response
1mo
Thank you for your honest feedback. We appreciate you sharing both the positives and areas for improvement, and we’ll make sure your perspective is shared internally.
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