Kumon reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(7,986 total reviews)

Hidenori Ikegami

85% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Kumon has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 7,986 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kumon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 31, 2013

current manager - the ship is sinking!!

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Pros

The benefits are good. Good medical and dental. The ability to accumulate some personal leave is good.

Cons

I had to laugh when I read all the glowing reviews recently posted especially from KY. They are FAKE. It's just some people wanting to win an IPAD. Also KY is where the factory is that makes the worksheets. Not people that are in the trenches trying to help the franchisees. Upper management is disrespectful of anyone and everyone below them. The infighting among them is crazy and makes the lives of those doing all the work ( those in the branches) miserable. They constantly say how they value their employees then in couple days 2 or 3 more good people will have been fired. Everyone I know that works here is actively looking for a new job elsewhere. Pay is poor, the evaluation system is fixed. You will not get a fair evaluation. It doesn't matter how many long hours (expected more than 40 a week) you put in your evaluation will be average to lower. You will be expected to work much more than 40 hours a week if you are in one of the branches. You will not get paid for them. This company is going down but upper management can't see what is happening due to their big heads and egos. Everyone is afraid to talk and no one trust anyone. We constantly look over our shoulders as you never know who they have paid to spy on us for what? Doing our jobs? It is a stressful place to work and you would be crazy to come to work here. The competitors are recruiting former and present employees but the droves. Keep looking don't get sucked into this place you will regret it.

1.0
Jan 2, 2013

Senior Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Health Benefits and 401K plan.

Cons

I have been a corporate employee with Kumon North America for *several* years. The company has changed for the worse over the past 2-3 years since the new "board of directors" was instituted with two North Americans placing themselves at the top. Fortunately, their reign has steadily eroded over the past year and the Japanese mothership has dispatched several staff from Japan and other parts of asia to wrestle control of the sinking ship. The reason it is sinking is due to poor management. The North American managers "lead" through intimidation and fear, and demonstrate no discernable leadership or people skills. The Japanese management remain behind the scenes and provide no communication or direction. As a result, the truly talented staff have resigned, and those who show autonomy are fired. Morale has never been lower and turnover has never been higher. The human resources department is scared, unqualified, and ill-equipped to do anything about this.

1.0
Aug 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

There just isn't anything to say for this, sorry. Complete waste of time, pay was not even worth the gas it took to get there, or the hassle it took to get my last paycheck and the level of disrespect I encountered with the franchise owner.

Cons

Terrible pay - $8- $9 an hour Very unprofessional owner at Kumon Mableton - Adrienne Lawrence Not allowed to actually help students, you just sit and grade their work and corrections silently Corporate office has very little control over different franchises- so cannot really help with issues Only have 1 pay period a month! Various franchises in the same city are run completely differently- the terrible ones (Mableton) give the good ones (Kennesaw Mountain) a bad name by having to share a name with them.

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