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AppleTree Learning Centers Reviews

2.9

34% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)
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Bridgett Tubbs-Carlon

56% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

AppleTree Learning Centers has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The AppleTree Learning Centers employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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17 reviews
2.0
29 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It was truly a pleasure to spend so much time with many lovely children. I loved the kids and formed great relationships with parents.

Cons

I was there for almost 3 years and received only one dismal pay raise. They are not willing to pay for quality staff so the center ends us being run by barely educated people with very little experience with children. You get what you pay for... Classrooms were constantly shuffling children from room to room to maintain ratios and/or send staff home and management doesn't care about the effect on the kids. It's all about the money; not the children.

1.0
9 July 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with the kids is very rewarding. They can absolutely melt your heart and make your bad day get better. The staff genuinely cares about the kids and wants the best for them.

Cons

The staff is incredibly gossipy. At one moment you will be in a room and it seems like they are all friends but as soon as one girl leaves they start talking about her....don't be naive enough to think they won't talk about you. Even though this is a daycare/preschool you would think it would be full of positivity but it is quite the opposite, I felt like I was fighting to get out of negative conversations. The staff is expected to go above and beyond but are only payed $8 per hour and even tho the will is there for the kids it is extremely exhausting. Lead teachers make a max of $10 per hour....not worth all you are expected to do. Also do not expect to move up in this company, it is rare. You are expected to buy the mandatory shirts for your uniform....which are not cheap at all and they wear out fast so you have to keep buying them IF you stick around but knowing their turn over rate you wont. Buy a lot of vitamin C and "Airborne" because working with children and a lot of people in a closed space you WILL get sick. I am not exaggerating when I say I was sick for 3 of the 4 months I worked there.

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