K12 Employee Reviews about "upper management"

Pros

Great coworkers who make work fun Wonderful students and parents who are responsive

Cons

Glitchy tech and unreliable hardware makes it tough to get the job done Unresponsive upper management can be discouraging

Pros

Work from home and technology/supplies provided.

Cons

K12 as a whole is a very top-heavy organization with a high concentration of upper management and executives, often disconnected from the school level staff and experience. K12 Texas is the most cancerous work environment that I’ve ever worked for. The administration will ask you to change student grades to achieve passing rate metrics, the HOS has said if 80% of students don’t have passing grades, we’d lose our jobs and the constant mill of paying for a charter then losing the charter and scrambling to secure a new charter will leave you having to being ready to find a new job every 3 years. Students of color are disproportionately under achieving in this environment, and you will find staff of color specifically in outreach or student support roles, as opposed to administrators and Heads of Schools. Inadequate and costly health insurance and little room to grow. Many administrators don’t have principal certifications or Masters degrees. Advancement in this company is not primarily merit-based. Pay is not negotiable or competitive and your workload will be unmanageable for the metric expectations. Annual reviews will be self-administered and our principal didn’t even meet with us to review our ratings and their ratings of us.

Pros

Company pays a livable wage

Cons

Co workers and upper management are insufferable

Pros

Great people and energy. Remote positions.

Cons

Low pay. Transparency and support was lacking from upper management.

Pros

Bonus in August was nice & co-workers were very helpful

Cons

Way to much work for one person. Upper management does not care.

Pros

You have a wide scope of products in your tool belt. Some teams are great to work with. Descent benefits.

Cons

-Upper management are often hired from outside and have little to no experience in doing the actual jobs they govern. -Upper management often implements new directions or policies without thinking about what that means in terms of support or operations. -Nepotism so don't think about trying to move up or explore your career unless you are able to get into the "in-crowd"! -Benefits are expensive and there are few options. -If you put in your notice be sure to take most of your leave before doing so because they will do everything they can to keep your PTO. -They don't seem to stick with one plan for very long and tend to clean out the people instead of fixing issues that cause the high turnover rate.

Pros

There are very few pros associated with this company and I struggle to think of any that can be noted. I used to believe in the mission of providing a solid on-line educational service but realized that corporate greed is truly the priority. There are a few co-workers with talent that remain which I attribute to being in a comfort zone and loathe looking for a new job which is part of the reason I have stayed.

Cons

I am pursuing other opportunities and do want others to know what to expect if you entertain pursuing a job at K12. I say "job" as I firmly believe "careers" no longer exist at K12. Pay raises are non-existent year-over-year, benefits are horrible, work/life balance does not exist, management truly does not care about staff, surveys are pushed for staff yearly but no results occur so most do not want to bother, those that do care and work hard end up doing the most while others surf the internet and leave early with management doing nothing to correct the issues. Upper management provides a very hostile environment for many which affect the staff in varying ways. Cost cutting via lay-offs, pushing vendors to the breaking point, and postponing needed hires are a huge priority even when the lack of staff affects the overall business. There are far better companies hiring these days that will treat you much better!

Pros

Work flexibility, given that your boss allows it. Some people are quiet nice to work with. Wish I could give zero stars for other things

Cons

Confused upper management. Unorganized and unprofessional and will blame employees for their inability to stay organized and manage and lead teams. Can't use the word "weak leaders" because then that would mean that upper management is a "leader". They don't know how to lead. Will disguise budget cutting as employee's underperformance. Very tacky and not honest dealings.