KIPP DC reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(339 total reviews)
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Shannon Hodge

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65% positive business outlook

KIPP DC has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 339 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KIPP DC 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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339 reviews
1.0
May 21, 2023

RUNNNNNN Do Not Work For KIPP

Recommend
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Pros

Staff Shoutouts, providing lunch and snacks for the staff members

Cons

I worked at KIPP DC and it was a total NIGHTMARE. The students were getting into FIGHTS every single day and Admin did absolutely nothing about it. KIPP is ran like a BUSINESS and not a school. They aim to please the students and the parents. They do not take into account what the teacher says. THE STUDENTS RUN THE SCHOOL. The school I worked at had 10+ teachers quit in the middle of the school year. Admin is the worst part of this school. They are very disrespectful and condescending. The principal is a BULLY. The teachers whom she feels she can’t bully are her FAVORITES and are treated fairly. The favorites can pretty much do whatever as they please and will have no consequences for their actions. The teachers whom the principal feels as though she can bully are treated as OUTCASTS and are not valued. There is a lot of favoritism at this school and the staff is cliquey. Some of the staff members in Admin are unfit and unqualified for their roles.

1.0
May 18, 2023

Horrible place to work

Recommend
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Pros

none. Everyday was a struggle.

Cons

They do not care about the safety and well-being of their employees

2.0
May 16, 2023

Burnt Out

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked with some smart and hard-working people.

Cons

I appreciate that KIPP DC started to invest in DEI professional development, though it felt more like a check box activity. It is also disheartening to see senior leadership not live out those values - while they might say they want to disrupt inequity, their actions and words behind close doors negate that. KIPP DC felt very white-savior-complex-y. There is no work-life balance - you are expected to be on all the time - and people call/email/expect a response from you at all hours of the day, and days of the week. There was work on promotions, but the policy kept changing, and there were patterns of certain teams getting their people promoted. Managers also were not equipped to actually tell team members how they can advanced.

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