KinderCare Learning Companies reviews

CCLC/KCE is a for profit, bottom line company. They are concerned about increasing their enrollment numbers so their budget can be met. With this in mind, the care of the children and the treatment of the teachers is secondary. Licensing is a priority, as it should be; however, the teachers are not. As a current employee, I can attest to the lack of support from my management team, inflated numbers in the classroom in order to cut back on teacher hours, and a push for uniformity over creativity (which is sad considering the word creative is in our company's name).

Around our center, Directors compete to save money and are recognized by their superiors. As you guessed, that affects our center. Low supplies causes teachers to spend their own money. Inadequate staffing causes teachers to work on their own time and become stress. Ratios are advertised as NAEYC ratios but are not. This corporation has a business mentality and working in the field, having proproganda shoved down your throat is not ideal. One training video suggested that there were many families without childcare and it was our duty to let them know about our center... Um no. It's not my duty to invite more families into a stressful environment just so that knowledge universe can reap the money benefits. My duty is to provide a healthy/safe, meaningful, creative, and loving environment for our children, of course while maintaining the classroom, displaying their work, and working with parents to create a clear communication on how we both should be working with their child.