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- "Long hours only to get your overtime pay taken away because you're forced to take 2 hour lunch breaks." (in 65 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Great Hours, Benefits, and overall joy of the job.
Cons
PAY! Was there for three years with 3 great reviews and only managed to get one very small raise. Paying teachers 8-9 an hour will only get you 8-9 an hour workers. Pay more get better teachers.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Jan 17, 2021 - Infant Teacher in Raleigh, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
If you enjoy working with children, this is a good job to start out with.
Cons
The pay is not as much as it needs to be and there is not much room for growth.
Professional growth and development is very important to the success of KinderCare. We encourage our teachers to work with their supervisor to identify available opportunities so we can work together to define their career paths among range of opportunities throughout our company. As for compensation, this feedback is in the front of our minds. We are having frank internal discussions within leadership on how to raise wages while not raising tuition for our families. Thank you for your feedback.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
WORST PLACE TO WORK WILL RUIN YOUR CAREER
Aug 14, 2019 - Anonymous Employee in Washington, DCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Parents are friendly, staff is somewhat confused but supportive
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Management is only in it for the money. The curriculum is fake and its really babysitting. High staff turnover, constant switching of classes. They never want you to take time off and give your grief. The staff are confused and are sent home with less pay and hours when kids don't show up. The promise of 40 is a lie. When ration is low you get sent home. Lunches are not enough to feed that kids and management is stealing the money. HR is hoax, they have a hotline you can call, but always side with management and never call you back to help.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very Convenient for me as far as distance from home and working with my schedule.
Cons
The pay is horrible and the company doesn’t show allot of love to their employees.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Great coworkers, AMAZING management team
Cons
Not the best pay compared to the amount of work and daily stress some teachers go through
KinderCare Learning Centers Response
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We're so glad you found connection with your coworkers and leadership! At KinderCare we aim to build welcoming, supportive work environments for all to thrive, and create a leadership team that truly invests in our teachers and staff. Your health and happiness is very important to us, and we work hard to invest in our people through a variety of programs: medical & dental insurance, 401K, education assistance, childcare tuition discounts, mental and financial wellbeing resources, shopping discounts, and career paths throughout our organization. Please know that we are truly here to support you, and you can always reach Employee Support or the TA team here at kindercarejobs@kc-education.com if there's anything we could be doing better to support you. Thank you for your feedback.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Not Worth Your Time and Energy
Sep 24, 2016 - Preschool Teacher in Matteson, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
You will fall in love with children and wanting to teach them. Majority of the staff you will get along with very well.
Cons
The pay is extremely lower than the amount of time and energy you spend at this place. No room for career advancement. Management is poor, organized and unprofessional.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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It’s a really good work place Managers will work with your schedule Parents are amazing Love my coworkers we have gotten really close to each other We always have each other’s back
Cons
The pay is not very good for the amount of time and love I put into my job
Continue readingKinderCare Learning Centers Response
Thank you for your feedback. It's great to hear you're having a good time with your team and families. We're a company built on relationships, and we want all our people to have a community at our workplaces. We do hear your concerns about burnout. Our employees' health and happiness are of utmost concern, and with the teacher hiring crisis, we are working hard to implement new recruiting and training methods to help address staffing needs as they arise. We really appreciate the feedback, and will be utilizing it going forward to help improve how we do things. If you have any more details you'd like to share, don't hesitate to reach out to Employee Support, and you can reach the TA team here at kindercarejobs@kc-education.com.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
It's okay. Could be better, could be worse
Sep 10, 2022 - Lead TeacherRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Kind families, good support system. The families keep us there. They are so wonderful and lift us up when needed. Not too difficult of a job in general, very demanding and can be physically and mentally draining.
Cons
Pay is rather low for the demand of the job and services that are asked of us. There's not always clear communication between management and employees, sometimes none at all. Cooperate doesn't seem to care about employees or children. It just seems to be about how much money they can make.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Working with the children watching them grow you honestly grow a bond with them. It is very hard for any human to not enjoy working with the children.
Cons
The pay is not good for what the center director and her assistant put you through. The teachers brag on having little to no education. They don't feed the kids well.They want the teachers to lie to parents which is so disrespectful. They make their workers work overtime off the clock. And if your not gonna cover up then you have to go.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Jun 10, 2016 - Assistant Teacher in Burlington, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I worked with some lovely people and children.
Cons
The pay was terrible for the amount of work I put in and I was only an assistant. I felt like I was working harder than people that worked there for over 20 years. I was given a 25 cent raise after 2 years of working with the company.
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