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 5% 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 2.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KinderCare Learning Centers?

Teacher (834) , 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)); "Great staff and team work" ((in 125 reviews)); "The benefits are good and they help you if you want to move up in the company." ((in 125 reviews)); "Love working here and people are nice" ((in 57 reviews)); "Weekends off and great kids" ((in 40 reviews))

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

"Poor management they only care about money" ((in 349 reviews)); "Long hours only to get your overtime pay taken away because you're forced to take 2 hour lunch breaks." ((in 92 reviews)); "No training or assistance for teaching students with special needs." ((in 67 reviews)); "It is hard to ask for planned time off and not receive negative feedback about it." ((in 47 reviews)); "pay sucks and low raises" ((in 46 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

(3,907 total reviews)

Tom Wyatt

35% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Career opportunities

2.5

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 3,907 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

1.0

Aug 14, 2017

Your sanity is at stake

Center director

Recommend

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Pros

It's a job that can sometimes be rewarding.

Cons

It's always about turning a profit - not about the children or the teachers or the families. It boils down to numbers and that's all. Management has no sense of proper training, so no one knows what they are doing. As a Center Director, I was given a month of watching other people do a job them left alone with zero support until I failed. Policies are impossible, and when they are broken (they are every day) it violates state law as well, and is NOT reported. My own center should have been shut down long ago, but management finds some way to skirt the system. It's disgusting. And the support to correct the mistakes? None existent.

3.0

Mar 20, 2017

My thoughts

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Rewarding, opportunity to meet new people, ability to shape the lives of children

Cons

Challenging to staff, poor work/life balance,

1.0

Jan 13, 2017

Children are not a $ (price tag)

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

My sch great, my pay ok.

Cons

Where do i start, Directors are only out to make their #rs and hours to get their bonus. Hummm what about the employees we are the ones doing all the work. They don't send kids home when they are sick. They shuffle kids all the time, when licensing is in the building they correct everything, high turn over. Omg i can go on and on. Management dont help out at all, Even when you have a troubled child. Like I said children must have $$ on their heads. Sad

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