Teaching Lab reviews

There are too many issues at Teaching Lab to document in this review and others have done a wonderful a job of summarizing the discrimination and poor treatment of women of color. I would include men of color as well! They are true, and I would not suggest any person of color join this company. Don’t let the diversity statement, the diverse leadership, or participation in restorative justice fool you. It’s toxic and deeply rooted in white supremacy culture. When I think about my short tenure at Teaching Lab, what makes me the most upset is how the senior leadership treated their team. I had unique access to all C-level employees and was consistently told how poor performing everyone was. Everyone was replaceable because it was easier to replace people than to train them. My decision to leave came after one particularly terrible conversation with a c-level leader who had been cruel, unreasonable, and unhelpful in the weeks leading up to my resignation. Mind you, I was about 90-days into my role and quickly feeling uneasy about one-on-one meetings with this leader. You never knew what mood they would be in and how they would judge your performance. Unpredictability in a manager is never good. When I tried to give this feedback in a compassionate and constructive manner, believing what I was told about an open culture of feedback and improvement, I was told it was me that was dismissive and underperforming. I filed my resignation the following morning. I told myself I would never be in another meeting with that leader, ever again. Upon sending the resignation I was told, “Well you have a lot of work to finish before your last day.” I, too, was replaceable! Did I do the work? Yes! Because I didn’t want to leave my team in a bind. The team I left at Teaching Lab was terrific and I still miss them. The mediocre money, the benefits, the working from home… none of it is worth that working environment. My advice: take another job.

Where do I even start? Teaching Lab is a joke. It is not an anti-racist organization (hah!) but rather a fast sinking ship that's exploiting employees under the guise of being "radically responsive" to partners. Teaching Lab calls themselves a "start-up" to justify the absolute lack of structure and organization. They love to fix what's not broken and will waste each year reiterating on processes that never worked. There is a reason why the staff survey results get worse year after year. There is a reason why staff of color leave at disturbing rates, oftentimes without another job lined up. The CEO is a racist white woman who will not take any accountability for the white supremacy culture at the organization that she continually perpetuates through "urgent" requests. If everything is urgent, nothing actually is! The COO & CPO are also equally evil and will give incessant lip service about "equity" while doing whatever they want, whenever they want. The entire executive team lack leadership skills and are only focusing on getting more contracts ($$$) to fill their pockets. You will be micromanaged. You will be gaslit. You will be given massive amounts of work with unreasonable deadlines. You will not be adequately supported. You will constantly struggle to keep your head above water. You will have to fight for your salary and any increases because they will tell you that "you're getting paid well." If you decide to join the organization, don't say we didn't warn you. Don't buy into the "head, heart, and habits" bs because that's not worth having your soul crushed every day.