Does KinderCare Learning Centers pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KinderCare Learning Centers employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KinderCare Learning Centers. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KinderCare Learning Centers?

32% of KinderCare Learning Centers employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KinderCare Learning Centers 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KinderCare Learning Centers?

Teacher (833) , Lead Teacher (415) , Assistant Teacher (251) , Preschool Teacher (145) , Center Director (128) , Assistant Director (117) , Teacher Assistant (110) , Infant Teacher (75) , Director (58) , Lead Preschool Teacher (58) , Lead Toddler Teacher (51) , Teaching Assistant (47) , Toddler Teacher (45) , Cook (31) , Assistant Preschool Teacher (30)

What are the pros of working at KinderCare Learning Centers according to real employee reviews?

"Caring for children and great coworkers" ((in 151 reviews)); "Awesome the children and staff are great" ((in 130 reviews)); "The benefits are good and they help you if you want to move up in the company." ((in 120 reviews)); "Love working here and people are nice" ((in 62 reviews)); "Weekends off and great kids" ((in 33 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KinderCare Learning Centers according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management they only care about money" ((in 352 reviews)); "Long hours only to get your overtime pay taken away because you're forced to take 2 hour lunch breaks." ((in 89 reviews)); "No training or assistance for teaching students with special needs." ((in 60 reviews)); "Too much favoritism!" ((in 48 reviews)); "It is hard to ask for planned time off and not receive negative feedback about it." ((in 47 reviews))

What are employees saying about KinderCare Learning Centers layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about KinderCare Learning Centers layoffs and their outlook for job security at KinderCare Learning Centers in 2026.

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KinderCare Learning Centers reviews

2.8

32% would recommend to a friend

(3,906 total reviews)

Tom Wyatt

35% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Work/Life balance

2.5

Senior management

2.3

Compensation and benefits

KinderCare Learning Centers has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,906 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The KinderCare Learning Centers employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews

2.0

Oct 24, 2016

Terrible

Center director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The only pro was discounted childcare

Cons

Directors are extremely overworked by their DM's. They are salaried so they make no money, are told to do slightly illegal/immoral things just to get the numbers up such as enroll past capacity. Left and I make more now in a different field, thank God I got off the sinking ship.

2.0

Sep 25, 2016

It was a difficult and turbulent 5 years

Senior systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I worked at Kindercare for 5 years and It was nice to be employed. Health and dental plans were adequate. Coworkers were mostly nice. If you have young children of planned to they have a great program where your day care expenses are reduced the longer you are employed, but only if you use there daycare centers.

Cons

The company is unstable, I had 5 CIOs, 4 Directors and 5 Managers in 5 years. This caused management policies to change frequently. If not for the employees the company would have faulted long ago. Employees basically ignore management and get done what needs to be done. Budgets are essentially non-existent, you do the planning but rarely is money made available. They completely out-sourced there Information Technology department and within a few month found out like all the other companies that it is not a good idea. They still struggle with reinstating there IT department.

4.0

Sep 18, 2016

Current situation

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Same schedule as school system, great way to make lasting friendships with teachers and families, full time paid off for at least 2 weeks a year after being employed for 1 year

Cons

money, work load, not always in the office to do own work,

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