Great job in theory, not worth it in practice
Pros
-Wonderful kids -Friendly staff -Quality classrooms and resources -Well structured environment with room for flexibility in activities -Supportive staff, they will have your back when you need it
Cons
-Low pay, unlivable kind of low. Experience and education don’t matter. Yes it’s more than minimum wage, but as a teaching job its unlivable. They wonder why they can’t keep employees, but it’s because the pay is too low for the job demands. -Management at this location doesn’t care. They will bend over backwards telling you how much they care, but when it comes down to the decisions they make, it really shows how they care more about profit than their employees. -Management at this location prioritizes parents over staff, especially in communication. -I am not of color, but in my time working there I saw the management and owners consistently treat black employees worse than the white, Hispanic, and Asian staff. In areas where management is typically lenient and friendly with most staff, you’ll still see them be very strict and reprimanding with black staff. In my time there, black teacher don’t usually last long -If you have a problem it goes to the school owners, but the school owners are the immediate family of management, and neither party adapts to the feedback they receive. -Looking at reviews across platforms, there are some that date back 5+ years, and this location is still struggling with many of the same problems. That alone reflects their lack of willingness to consider the feedback they receive -No chance at career advancement. If you ask, management will make plans for career advancement but never follow through. -Management at this location does not consistently follow Primrose guidelines and consistently puts teachers in situations where they are forced to break Primrose guidelines. -Does not stay in ratio -Management at this location fails to order enough supplies (paper towels, soap, paper, etc) on a weekly basis -Management orders insufficient quality supplies (soap that severely irritates hands of both students and teacher, cheap dry erase markers that barely survive a day’s use, etc) -Fake grass on playground that irritates students skin when they play in it, and mulch/hay on playground that sticks to EVERYTHING -Management can not afford to provide their employees with at least a week’s worth of their uniform—only two shirts provided, the rest must be purchased. -Management cannot maintain adequate staff for the school’s needs, leaving teachers out of ratio and forcing teachers to work in other classrooms to cover their schedule gaps. Management at this location does not see this as a problem and makes this a regular thing