Fay School reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Robert J. Gustavson, Jr.

53% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Fay School has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fay School 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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17 reviews
4.0
Feb 2, 2025

Strong Community

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great staff, diverse student body, caring community

Cons

work-life balance, residential duties, flexibility, mandatory coaching

1.0
Mar 15, 2024

Upsetting

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The campus is beautiful and the students are bright. There is a great sense of community amongst the faculty and staff as many live on campus.

Cons

Administration (with the exception of two new members) has driven a school that has been open since 1866 into the ground. It is quite frankly embarrassing the way faculty and staff are treated along with the expectation that everyone must abandon any semblance of a work/life balance. The culture at Fay is so toxic and high burnout perpetuating negativity and dread that you can feel in the air when you are on campus. Pairing that culture with the disconnected and bizarre ruthlessness of leadership has resulted in a mass exodus of highly qualified faculty and staff to leave over the past few years. I can't fathom why the parents in Southborough aren't asking why Fay School cannot maintain an elementary school teacher for more than one year. When the HOS is invisible and someone who has absolutely no background in education takes every shred of power within an educational institution... something has gone terribly wrong.

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