Pros
- Effective Programs (I see students improve within weeks, unless they are "challenge students" (below the first or second percentile in ability, but it makes sense they need a lot longer to see results) - Most kids are fun to work with or are at least willing to learn with a little motivation (about 5% are really difficult) - Paid Training - Hour-long lunch - Great coworkers! I have met so many bright, dedicated, inspiring people here - 401(k) offered after six months of service (full and part-time), decent health insurance for full-time employees
Cons
- extremely expensive, parents are charged around $120/hour (!) - what the kids are learning is very helpful and useful but clearly not worth THAT much - low pay, especially given what they charge and all the skills needed to be a good clinician or consultant - rare or nonexistent raises, which can then be taken away if/when pay is cut - highly detached upper management that cares only about profit, not about the well-being of its employees. - hard to advance. Favoritism/nepotism in who gets promoted - terrible fiscal management, the company is frequently in a preventable "crisis" despite being in business for 30 years. You'd think they'd know how to manage the company's finances by now. - culture of "constant positivity" feels fake/artificial - schedule only comes out the Friday before a given week, though I can see how this is hard to fix given how much schedules are constantly changing (people calling in sick, last-minute requests for OLI from different centers, etc.)
