Champions Employee Reviews about "kids and families"

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The management is chaos and the higher ups have very little insight into what people in the field actually do

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There is a lot of work expected, and I never felt like the money was there to back the expectations. If you worked more than 30 hours a week, in other words actually did the job, you were spoken to about your hours and keeping them down. If your performance slipped because you couldn't get enough hours, you were spoken to about that. Management likes kids, but seems to be unresponsive to the needs of the employees. Bottom-line driven, for-profit childcare.

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Amount of work, management, pay, benefits, huge turnover rate, they will hire anyone, no room for growth

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Not many hours due to the type of work it is

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The co workers and the parents

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The wages are low, but the job is hard. There is a massive amount of staff turnover, and no wonder. Staff teachers, assistants and directors have a terribly hard job, and often the site is filled to capacity. They are paid low wages and have their hours cut drastically during the summer and holiday season. The Champions website/management promise all kinds of things to parents (book clubs, intensive homework help, character building,etc.), but none of these things can be carried out by staff on the ground because of the lack of time and resources. Management wants each site filled to the gills each and everyday, and won't even let directors suspend or kick out children who are gravely misbehaving (fighting with other kids, running offsite, hitting or kicking staff) and putting themselves and/or other children in danger. There are children onsite that should have been suspended or kicked out ages ago, but the management wants their parents' money, so they stay. The technology for parent registration & center record keeping is drastically out of date. This makes parents frustrated when trying to secure a spot for their child at a center, and creates headaches for the staff at the site trying to do their job. Often parents are charged for weeks their children didn't attend. Communication with management is often slow. Managers don't call or email back in a timely manner. This goes for communication between management and staff members, and management and parents, alike. Even though it was mentioned in the initial interview process, there is little to no room for professional development or career growth. The curriculum is far from progressive and is completely outdated. The activities are unrealistic to differentiate for children ages 4-12.

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no benefits, no employment opporunities, and no pay when kids are out of school

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The upper management puts way too much pressure on staff and requires them to manage billing issues like past due

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Expectations are not always clear - management is unorganized