Is Galileo Learning a good company to work for?

Galileo Learning has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 691 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 59% of employees would recommend working at Galileo Learning to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Galileo Learning have been left by employees working as Instructor , Team Leader and Intern .

Does Galileo Learning pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Galileo Learning employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Galileo Learning. This rating has decreased by 16% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Galileo Learning?

59% of Galileo Learning employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Galileo Learning 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Galileo Learning?

Team Leader (122) , Lead Instructor (77) , Summer Intern (60) , Assistant Instructor (23) , Camp Director (14) , Operations Coordinator (13) , Intern (12) , Instructor (10) , Summer Camp Counselor (10) , Regional Director (9) , Camp Counselor (8) , Group Instructor (7) , Summer Operations Intern (7) , Assistant Camp Director (6) , Lead Science Instructor (5)

What are the pros of working at Galileo Learning according to real employee reviews?

"Lots of fun! Great people!" ((in 48 reviews)); "The staff is great and amazing" ((in 43 reviews)); "Great coworkers who are passionate about the campers' experience" ((in 39 reviews)); "fun work environment over here" ((in 18 reviews)); "on management and great training" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Galileo Learning according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and very hot outside" ((in 28 reviews)); "So much work to be paid less than minimum wage." ((in 12 reviews)); "55 hours a week yet still only got paid my weekly salary." ((in 8 reviews)); "Towards the end of the camp, you will work long hours for clean up and it can get a little unorganized." ((in 8 reviews)); "Long days in the sun (starting time 7:30, average end time around 4:30)" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Galileo Learning locations?

Oakland , San Jose , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Palo Alto , Chicago , Sunnyvale , Fremont , Saratoga , San Carlos , Cupertino , Los Altos , Irvine , San Mateo , Alameda , Seattle , Menlo Park , Manhattan Beach , Hillsborough , Berkeley , Brentwood , Burlingame , San Ramon , Culver City , Santa Monica , Carlsbad , Belmont , Lafayette , South San Francisco , Walnut Creek

Galileo Learning reviews

3.9

59% would recommend to a friend

(522 total reviews)

Matt Noble

47% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Compensation and benefits

Galileo Learning has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 522 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Galileo Learning 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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Reviews by job title

522 reviews

1.0

Jun 20, 2016

Fake enviroment and low compensation

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-A great summer camp for kids -They encourage fun approaches to learning -I met a lot of intellegent college students from Berkeley and Davis, and thought they could have done a lot better than this job.

Cons

I agreed to this low paying job because i had felxibilty as a substitute. I got paid $13/hr which I thought was a starting wage because oaklands minimum wage is $12.25. After hearing that normal team leaders from other areas were being paid $10/hr I was appalled. Considering minimum wage in Oakland/SF is in the $12 range I felt that the company was truely ripping off poor unknowing high school and college students. The staff was a mixed bag, good and bad. Some college students acted like immature high schoolers who left out anyone who didn't "fit in". I felt that the high schoolers were more mature than a lot of the young college students. As a sub position I felt very unprepared most of the time. During training days i got very little instruction and was just left to move chairs and tables. I felt like i was just being trown into a overwhelming situation where they expext you to know what your doing even though I had no idea what was going on due to lack of prior instrucion.

Galileo Learning Response

10y

Thanks for your review. We value your feedback, and are sad to hear you did not enjoy your experience. Our compensation is competitive with other summer camp roles, and is indeed at or above minimum wage in all cities our camps are located. Those that benefit most from a summer with Galileo are also excited to gain the professional development rewards that come with our program. Those who thrive at camp feel no task is too great or too small for anyone on our team—from directors to instructors to interns—to do in support of one another and of our campers. We also encourage our staff to share feedback directly with their managers during the camp season, so we all have an opportunity to work together to find solutions in constructive ways. Thanks again for your feedback, and if you have any other thoughts, feel free to email outreach@galileo-learning.com.

3.0

Apr 17, 2014

I loved working here for the kids and watching them learn, but middle management stifled that with a strict hirearchy

Team leader

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Pros

It was a job that always kept me on my toes and taught me how to work with all types of personalities, both in the kids in my group and the adults I worked with. The project the kids get to do was amazing and the experience of mentoring them. The impact I made on asbergers, spectrum, and delayed children was especially rewarding, and that this camp with a Berkeleyesque culture openly welcomed all children.

Cons

The pay was bad, considering I worked over 50 hours every week which is more than full time. II was only paid weekly not hourly so all overtime I incurred was ignored. t was also exhausting work. Middle management was hard to work with because your experience is entirely dependent on your camp director, mine made me cry several times. I was also pressured almost EVERY DAY to stay late past time without pay even though I was already working over 50 hours a week and had an hour long commute home. It was seen as shameful and selfish to leave to go home on time, like you are not a team player. I felt like it wasn't my fault that the camp was poorly organized to where the "teachers" had to stay until 6 PM cutting out little pieces of paper to have materials for the next day for projects, Galileo should be spending some money on pre-prepared supplies! The other thing is management changes ALL the time, so most camps are run by new directors which will mean your camp will be very disorganized in the beginning, then there will be this huge push from upper management halfway through to clean up everyone's act. This simply means strict new measures are implemented that measure stupid things that don't really relate to the quality of the child's experience.

1.0

Sep 17, 2012

This was one of the worst jobs ever

Lead instructor

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Pros

There was nothing good about this job

Cons

My boss had no idea about the learning needs of 1st graders, and she was always looking over you shoulder for everything. For a company that promotes self-thinking and innovation, they don't allow for their employees.

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