Toxic Work Environment - Anonymous employee EFBA Employee Review

1.0
May 5, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The concept and the community of people - from teachers, to full-time employees, to volunteers and parents - working together to provide a bilingual and rich environment for children.

Cons

The direction lacks empathy and basic human decency. Management is used as a tool to harass and pressure the full-time employees until they can’t take it no longer or are burned out. As a result, there is a huge turn over among the permanent employees which, in turn, disorganized and put at risk the organization. The direction do a good job at hiding how poorly things are runned and led to the community of parents and teachers, and presents itself as a community and social service and advocate when clearly it isn’t. As a permanent employee, I saw my colleagues harassed and was asked to put pressure even on volunteers.

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Leaders foster a culture where employees truly feel valued. Staff is directly involved in decisions. Option to work from home. Unique perspectives, experiences and contributions are encouraged and celebrated.

Cons

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5.0
Aug 11, 2017
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Pros

I worked with EFBA for 8 years. It started humbly as a parents' association and it is now a large French Language teaching institution known internationally and publishing learning material over the internet. Even though growth doesn't happen without rough patches and tumbles, EFBA never ceased to be a working place where being a human being with a heart anchored in the left side of your chest is never forgotten. It was very fulfilling to work with EFBA team for eight years. I will not be willing to work for anyone else, except for myself, after these years.

Cons

Ideal for the great Bay Area urban centers. But difficult for families in rural or remote areas to have access to EFBA teaching centers.

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