K12 reviews

3.5

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,456 total reviews)

James Rhyu

59% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

K12 has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,456 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The K12 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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1K reviews
2.0
Jun 25, 2015

Teacher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some benefits are that you work from home, but must be at your computer/phone during normal business hours. They provide you with a computer and reimburse your Internet cost.

Cons

If you like to be a teacher, school secretary, counselor, tech consultant, and parent to your students, then k12 is the place for you! Plan on spending half your day teaching your students and the other half being secretary and tracking your students attendance, etc. Also, you can have over 200 students assigned in your course you teach (grades 6-12), but then also have 60+ students in your homeroom. All of your data is based on your homeroom student's progress in their courses (even though the homeroom student may not have you as a teacher). k12 is 100% business minded and is a huge change if you are used to teaching in a classroom.

1.0
Dec 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Close shops to eat at during busy time, prizes during busy season, and a very quiet parking lot to smoke at during breaks.

Cons

No need to go into a room with rattlesnakes to know what it feels like, just walk into the K12 Document Processing Dept. As soon as your heat level is detected, your supervisor will begin to harass you. The manager turns a deaf tone to the constant worker behavior violations such as drug use, alcohol abuse, favoritism, high school dress attire, etc. The culture is all wrong here; it's about who can be a brainless pawn, instead of a productive thinker who will give feedback for improvements and betterment of the company. The worst part about working here was the pay and lifestyle. Very low for the high amount of stress, the fact you eat very poorly (the refrigerators get full by permanent employees arriving early, fast food ordering gets old, and the vending machine is your best friend), and hours that last until midnight some days. The expectations is you process over 100 documents a day, while gaining 10 lbs over a month. Management expects you to work more during holiday season, supervisors will harass you if you don't and say you aren't committed to the job. As a contractor, you are really at their mercy. MAJOR CON: When a parent sues the school for faulty paperwork, the school will pass the lawsuit onto k12, who passes onto Randstad, who passes it onto you. K12 schools are constantly in federal violations! WATCH YOUR BACK!

1.0
Dec 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The whole job revolves around processing documents for students coming into k12 schools. Not many positives on this job (read cons), sometimes they bring in food during the busy time. Randstad (a temp company) will contract you.

Cons

Unprofessional supervisors, bias management, and system changes that make no sense. We were using two systems to process the same form. K12 schools change forms constantly (either to cover up not following fed/state guidelines the previous year, or because they feel like it). A lot of work for little pay when it comes down to it. A lot of stress put from the supervisors for no reason. No upward mobility. No benefits. The culture encourages your co-workers to suck up rather try hard.

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