The Change of Portland Culture at a micro level. - Anonymous employee KinderCare Learning Companies Employee Review

The executive level is horrid, most come from the GAP and think that they can sell early-childhood education like a pair of jeans. The HR department has taken over all aspects of the company, from education and marketing to real estate. The future CEO is being groomed from this department but really just talks in HR speak. There is a weird junior-high style clique that has formed in HR and is kind of the antithesis of what Portland used to be but has the same yuppie feel of the Pearl District. They are trying to make a big push in the market the next few years to sell again. The more you polish a turd, its still a turd. The departments are kept in the dark about what other departments are doing.