Kumon reviews

No room for growth unless you work for the corporate office. First three years of mandatory "New Staff Training" in which you have to fly to the corporate office in New Jersey three times a year for a week each time for 3 years. This should not be called New Staff Training since it has absolutely NOTHING to do with any of the roles of the trainees. Trainees are not receiving ANY training in their particular role, its just a Kumon brain washing experience. Cult like atmosphere. LOTS of mandatory unnecessary traveling LOTS!

Here's where things get iffy. First: Unless you are good with small children, I highly recommend that you avoid being a tutor in the small children section (generally Pre-K and Kindergarten students). The experience felt less like teaching and more like glorified babysitting. I had signed up to teach students in grades ranging from 6th to 12th, but instead I was placed in the small children section. I had informed them of wanting to move to teach the older kids, as I was unable to keep the smaller ones under control at times, but they refused to move me. Second: Management did NOT run a background check on either me or my friend who applied with me. This disturbed me, as it made me believe that just about anyone can apply and teach to small children at Kumon. Third: We were told that we were not allowed to tell the parents of the children that they were doing bad. This conflicted with my ideals, as the whole point of tutoring is to expose a student's weak points and help to fix them. Not telling the parents of any faults felt as though we were simply cheating them of their money. Fourth: Raises hardly ever came for any of the employees, even the ones who had been working for years. A senior employee who had worked there for ten years was getting the same pay as an employee who had worked there for five years. This was because the latter employee had gotten on incredibly friendly terms with one of the managers. There is also a definite presence of favoritism.