Does Challenger School pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Challenger School employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Challenger School. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Challenger School?

47% of Challenger School employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Challenger School 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Challenger School?

Teacher (106) , Preschool Teacher (31) , Elementary Teacher (10) , EC Teacher (4) , Extended Day Teacher (4) , Middle School Teacher (4) , Administrative Assistant (3) , English Teacher (3) , Extended Class Teacher (3) , Anonymous (2) , Educator (2) , Extended Care Teacher (2) , Intern (2) , Kindergarten Teacher (2) , Pre-School Teacher (2)

What are the pros of working at Challenger School according to real employee reviews?

"generally great coworkers" ((in 11 reviews)); "The staff is supportive and helpful." ((in 6 reviews)); "The curriculum was high quality, but I’ve found charter schools that were even better and don’t charge." ((in 5 reviews)); "Good work environment, great bosses" ((in 4 reviews)); "workers are friendly and helpful" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Challenger School according to real employee reviews?

"Unless, of course, you love cults, outdated curriculum, no use of modern technology, and horrible management." ((in 37 reviews)); "The management’s lack of managing in an effective manner, absence of competitive benefits, less than market rate pay, archaic facilities all contribute with my frustrations with my company." ((in 10 reviews)); "Extremely poor and incompetent managers and directors." ((in 7 reviews)); "I would say the pay was nice, but the salary was not enough to compensate my time both at work and at home." ((in 7 reviews)); "Communication is lacking at times." ((in 6 reviews))

Challenger School reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(283 total reviews)

Hugh Gourgeon

39% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (283 reviews)

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Challenger School has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 283 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Challenger School employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

283 reviews

2.0

Sep 25, 2022

Good Coworkers, Bad Management

Preschool teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with kids, other teachers are usually really fun to work with, you get tuition discounts, the curriculum is really good.

Cons

Management couldn't care less about you. My first director was amazing, she worked to help the employees better themselves in a positive way. But they changed the director every year and two of the three were catty, would pull you into their office during class to berate you, one would yell at teachers in the hallway. The pay is extremely low for the amount of work you do especially with the work they expect you to take home.

2.0

Sep 13, 2022

A great place if you like no work-life balance and toxic management

Teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great kids, a stable job if you can stomach the pay and culture

Cons

A business—profit is always first, don’t be fooled when they tell you they handpick their students or that all kids are coming in at the same level, longtime managers are lazy, blame others for their shortcomings, but are happy to take credit for everything their teachers do, pay for new teachers VERY low—unless you come in with significant experience, you’ll be making 1/2-3/4 of what charters/public schools pay, massive workload, large class sizes, no career growth unless you’re willing to make your job your life

3.0

Sep 6, 2022

Good and bad

Teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The job security is nice.

Cons

Benefits aren’t great. Very few substitutes.

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