Employees are worked to the bone, especially full-timers who frequently work upwards of 50 hours a week or more to adequately fulfill job duties on a set salary. Pay is reasonable for part-time seasonal work, but unacceptable for full-timers considering the time demands. There is a company culture of "equality over equity", in which nearly everyone is paid the same salary (just north of minimum wage) regardless of how much a position demands or how much expertise a person brings. Due to this and more, employee burnout rate is extremely high.
Employee support is low, particularly during the non-summer months. Summer hiring and training is generally far more focused on warm bodies and company culture rather than training the actual skills needed for the job. In
With a lack of Human Resources or official employee channels, favorites are often played, and employees generally fear bringing up work program or structural issues out of fear of reprisal from upper management.
Year-round staff is expected to create their own programs but are not given the non-child-contact time to do so nor provided the support and resources that other educational facilities commonly have, yet are held to the same standards.
The company notoriously avoids supporting any minority movements related to race, ethnicity, and gender.
