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
Jul 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

while working there you are able to help children that come from underprivileged communities. Also, the teachers and assistants are very friendly. The parents and teachers appreciate your hard work and diligence.

Cons

Where should I start..........The pay is horrible. The work is grueling. While there I was a teacher, janitor, cook, security guard and so much more. After all the hard work you put in your efforts will never be acknowledged by management. Speaking of management, very rude no respect for employees.

2.0
Jun 28, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It pays more that most other child care centers.

Cons

Brightside does NOT like to consider itself a child/day care center. However, the coporate vision is much different than that of the teachers, assistants and staff working with the children in the centers. Medical benefits are UNAFFORDABLE and some make just a few dollars over the max allowable income to receive medicaid, not easy to take a day off or even half a day, schedule changes daily (too many calls at night to tell staff to come in at 6:30am), too much FORCED overtime with no pay for salaried employees (OT due to lack of staff, meetings or saturday trainings), many staff members are not educated in behavior management techniques used for preschoolers so they are yelling at kids all day, children are moved from room to room in order to stay in ratio but then they are not used to being in another class with different expectations for behavior causing major frustration in the child. Centers do not have a school wide beh mgt policy which makes life very complicated.

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