Cult of College with a Heart for Students but None for Employees - Anonymous employee Achievement First Employee Review

Thanks for sharing your honest feedback. Thank you for naming that - even though your experience was clearly not a good one -- our heart for students showed through. It sounds like our focus on college came off as cult-ish and your experience with our behavior expectations for kids was that it was too much. Maybe most concerning to me is the complete disconnect you felt with your leadership because it might have kept you from raising these issues with them. It was unclear how long were you with us, but it sounds like you have more to share about your experience. If you’re open, I would love to listen / learn more. My email is tomkaiser@achievementfirst.org. P.S. - if folks are interested, our staff-turnover was 20% this past year but has been improving the last three consecutive years and we’re working very hard to make sure we are truly supporting our people and it continues moving in the right direction. - Tom Kaiser, Chief Talent Officer