Knowledge Learning Reviews

Pros

Working with children is very rewarding.

Cons

No raises in past 2 years. Not enough money in put into the buidlings.

Advice to Senior Management

Please look at the conditions of your buildings. You really should stop buying new companys until you put some money back into the current buildings to help them compete with the competition.

Pros

Loved the children and helping them to learn, it is what I went to college for! I also worked with a lovely bunch of ladies who made the work days manageable.

Cons

Didn't get paid anywhere near what I should and raises were not even 'cost of living.' Worked so hard and was rewarded with pieces of paper with stamped autographs as rewards! Turnover is horrible and every employee is expendable. If you deserve more money they don't care, they will find someone else no matter how good and dedicated you are!

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to appreciate your teachers! They are the backbone of your company. Pay them more!! It's sad that a private kindergarten teacher with a college degree who is doing the exact same job as a public school teacher makes $12.50 an hour! You will never find good teachers at that pay and in turn lose children to other schools!!

Pros

Very rewarding experience getting to know the children.

Cons

Management is terrible and unprofessional! Hours are terrible. They make you believe your going to be working 30 hours when its more like 9! Were constantly running out of snacks and supplies and we have to spend our own money; which isn't much seeing as how were getting like 9 hours a week.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop hiring people who are unprofessional and ghetto.

Pros

-training opportunities (business related)
-bonus opportunities
-room to grow within company
-"perks"

Cons

-lack of ability for work/life balance
-worked 60 hours many weeks, for little pay

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage more of a work/life balance for employees to discourage burnout
Hire upper management with a background in Early Childhood versus mass management backgrounds

Pros

If you're mediocre and like to stay under the radar, you'll do just fine and have a long career at KLC. Salaries are adjusted to market levels only after several people leave or threaten to leave.

Cons

If you like to change things and make suggestions for improvements, you'll be black-balled and quietly escorted out the door. Benefits are very poor.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect employees a lot more to show that you actually care. Listen to their put because they know what is going on.

Pros

People are nice
Salary is commensurate

Cons

Too much work, everything is rush
Needs more system integration

Advice to Senior Management

Growth is good, but we need to build the infrastructure for it.

Pros

There are a number of issues, many of which probably relate to the fact that the company grew through mergers and acquisitions up until a few years ago and was largely managed by those who used to work "in the field" (ie. preschool teachers...not your best businesspeople). The company is trying hard though, and change appears to be on the horizon. Generally for the better, though there are growing pains. Basically, it's not always fun, but for a current employee such as myself I really wonder if the grass would be any greener at any other large corporation and the people are nice so overall it's not a bad place to work (and sometimes a good one).

Cons

The disconnectedness between departments/silo effect.

Advice to Senior Management

Develop with requirements and user needs in mind first, developing the timeline once requirements are uncovered.

Pros

Before and After school work allowed me to attend college full time.
Tuition reimbursement programs help make college more affordable.
The children are the best.
Summer employment is guaranteed.

Cons

The pay is horrendous.
Cuts to food and supply budgets make running the site very difficult.
No prep time is given for lesson plans.

Advice to Senior Management

Think about the kids first instead of focusing on getting more money for the larger corporation.

Pros

Work environment varies from center to center it all depends on the director. If the director is good and repects the staff then it is great with mutual respect, fun and a sense of accompishment.

Cons

You only advance in ths company it you are the right color. Ability has NOTHING to do with it. You can look and the general ethnic make up of the management and see what is happening. It is all based on race and what your relationship is with the Area Manager.

Advice to Senior Management

Promotions need to be based on abliity not color and put money into the centers and not so much in their pockets. They don't miss a bonus but try every way they can to keep the Directors form getting theirs. They need to realize that if it wasn't' for the employees at the center level they wouldn't have a bonus

Pros

Opportunities for professional growth and development, many talented colleagues and a great mission

Cons

Frequent reorganization and difficulty aligning projects with the core mission

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to engate the front line staff and customers as decisions are made