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Updated May 5, 2023
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Found 71 of over 71 reviews
28% Recommend to a Friend
27% Approve of CEO
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- "The CEO has no idea how miserable people are with the corporate side of this company." (in 4 reviews)
- "Disorganized management and cold culture delivers very apparent feeling that company ownership only cares about profits and not their employees." (in 3 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Wonderful Mission, team & operation
Jun 29, 2022 - Director of Technology in Rocky Hill, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Highly dedicated to students academic experience & future success. Every Student Gets a Job was the mantra
Cons
Working through the challenges of the COVID landscape, as everyone is.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Great place to work
May 5, 2023 - Educational Funding SpecialistRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Co-workers are great. Good pay. Good benefits.
Cons
Company has lost clients and revenue is down. Reorganization is not alway done correctly.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Some very caring people do work here
Cons
Everything else. I doubt the school will be open in 2024.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Paid vacations and holiday, 401K, no match.
Cons
Low salary vs industry standards. Poor management from upper level, lacks focus and direction. High turnover of employees due to disorganization and lack of official training programs. Discriminates against woman vs men in same position, by providing lower salaries to woman in same position. Salaries based on youth-ageism is apparent.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Began hopeful, left dissatisfied and discontent
Aug 9, 2022 - Practical Nursing Instructor in Waterbury, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Campus level staff are usually pretty great
Cons
No pay increases (raises or standard of living) Benefits are expensive and not worth the cost No company match/contribution to 401k Vacation/sick time does not roll over Lacking support from senior leadership High attrition rates No consistency from leadership Low standards for enrolling students Business’s bottom line is income over quality student output
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
It's a Great Idea. Training students for a Trade is a wonderful concept.
Cons
Literally everything else. The CEO has NO IDEA what he is doing. A total restructure of staff and moving Programs ONLINE with no Hands on Labs is a waste of money for students. They can GOOGLE and get the same education for free. The equipment the students receive is sub-par. Most students can't complete what is required with their equipment. The purchasing dept is the biggest joke of the company. Items are not ordered in a timely manner resulting in a loss for the students. They need to remember the student has paid and it is not coming out of their pocket. If you are an employee: good luck. No raises: and the worst health benefits packages I have ever had.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Good learning environment to teach in
Cons
Long hours and work is needed from home
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Like being abused? Then work here!
May 20, 2021 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Instructional staff is wonderful, doing what they can with the limited resources and respect they are given.
Cons
Where do I start? Benefits? They dwindle every year. Employee happiness? They don't care. Raises? No. Not in at least 8 years. Reviews? No. Respect? No. Everything good here was taken away little by little. The CEO and upper management have taken a good school and run it into the ground. Don't even get me started on the issues they have had with their nursing program and problems with the State Board of nursing.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
This is a great place to work
Cons
There are very little cons
- Current Employee★★★★★
Great School...Fantastic reputation and puts Students first.
Jun 16, 2021 - Corporate Director in Rocky Hill, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Committed and dedicated Administration, Faculty and Staff...Student centered. Solid career programs that help prepare you for the real world. Nice environment...learn alot and have fun.
Cons
No cons with this school.
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Porter & Chester Institute has an overall rating of 2.5 out of 5, based on over 71 reviews left anonymously by employees. 28% of employees would recommend working at Porter & Chester Institute to a friend and 18% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
28% of Porter & Chester Institute employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Porter & Chester Institute 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.4 for culture and values and 2.2 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Porter & Chester Institute to be workplace, career development, coworkers and the cons to be management, senior leadership, benefits.
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