You're better off working in a public school district or at another organization all together.
Pros
DEI trainings are thoughtful and integral with the up most intention to create positive change in the organization. Employees are generally nice, but pit against one another often by management.
Cons
High turnover. Low pay, which results in hiring and attracting unqualified individuals for both school based staff and HQ staff. Qualified individuals are pushed out from burn out. Substitute teachers make up a large percentage of school based staff. Attrition is high across all staff. Toxic work environment - rifts between school based staff and HQ staff exist so all staff events are rarely together. Work/life balance does not exist. Teachers work over 10 hour days, same with HQ staff, while they are only paid for 40 hour work weeks. Core working hours during the week equate to 45 hours a week, however management expects more time from all staff. Management expects employees to cancel personal appointments to complete work. Employee benefits are sub par. Vacation doesn't roll over year over year and is not paid out when employees leave. Flexible work schedule is not clear - no one knows what "50% of your time in the office on an annual basis" actually means. Too many unproductive meetings, not enough focus on the work and students during core hours. Bureaucracy is at it's finest - theres more conflict than resolution that creates positive change for students, teachers and HQ staff. Lots of interfighting at the top. Management will talk to your direct reports first and middle managers will find out about changes in the work stream and projects from their direct reports first. The job description does not match the work employees perform day to day. Management is unable to control financial and operational activities effectively and efficiently at HQ and schools. The desire to do so is also lacking. Management is about doing the bare minimum cross functionally - internal and external parties are misled. The legal team handles HR matters for HR. HR and legal do not work together to address work culture and employee relations. Often policies and procedures of both teams conflict with one another. Management is not transparent about policies, procedures, work environment or strategic direction changes. DEIJ sessions are great, however management does not incorporate lessons in day to day work with staff consistently. Staff are left overall dissatisfied with management's execution.
