Brightside Academy reviews

2.5

39% would recommend to a friend

(206 total reviews)

Jack Safer

43% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Brightside Academy has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 206 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Brightside Academy employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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206 reviews
1.0
Feb 5, 2018

Assistant teacher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Helping children of low income homes Other than that there not much positive aspect of this job

Cons

*abusive to kids * unprofessional rude attitudes * low pay * favoritism: management ok the veterans concerns over new comers *constant gossip * terrible treatment of the children

1.0
Jan 18, 2018

Dark side Academy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I cannot think of ANy pros

Cons

Terrible company to work for. They give paid days off and take them away. They allow parents to be disrespectful to teachers. They ALWAYS mess up on checks. There's nothing bright about working for bright side the teachers do not have the resources to teach or care for children. Professional Development days are ALWAYS on the same thing. I would never recommend anyone to work for brightside. When you have a problem no one wants to help it's such a burden to work for this company. It's just a business to make money there's nothing that shows they're here for the children.

3.0
Jan 18, 2018
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Pros

I worked at BSA for 3 years. The NY regional team, under Mrs. Penny Swift's leadership was awesome!!!!!!! We were a family and with the ups and downs, the multiple projects and the everyday craziness at the end of the day, I went home happy. I was confident that we were working for the children, we were trying to improve our process to become more successful and a better environment for children. It was not easy, some teaching staff might disagree but with all the challenges we were facing we were headed the right direction.

Cons

I worked long hours and as a salary employee I didn't receive OT pay, I asked a few times for pay raise but they were denied, however, I believed the previous regional team, under Penny Swift's leadership was driven to make a positive change. However, once Mr. Handler took over NY everything changed, he constantly yelled at the staff, believed that everything was his way and if didn't work then we could back to what was proven to work. He is very nasty and you could tell things changed when great employees, not only from NY but corporate started resigning. All Mr. Handler care is about the money, not the children nor the staff.

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