Great pay and benefits - Teacher Bezos Academy Employee Review

Great pay, benefits, staff and overall work environment. Room to grow in the company. Head of school is so kind and truly cares about the staff and students, strict but kind and definitely takes the job seriously. I absolutely love that about this location. I've never been at a job where they actually care about you as an employee. I found my dream job!!!!!

Lots to learn being that it is a new company. Needs to inform teachers how important it is to follow the Montessori Methods. They don't take it seriously. Not sure if the children are actually learning anything. Afraid of it becoming a typical daycare.

• The original mission: to provide tuition-free, high-quality education to under-resourced communities. • Strong DEI initiatives and commitment to representation, though at times it felt like hiring focused more on checking boxes than on merit.

• Poor communication from Executive team. Leaders often communicate inconsistently, lack clarity, and frequently say one thing while doing something completely different. • Leadership avoids constructive friction, especially when concerns could reflect poorly on favored individuals or departments. • Accountability is not applied consistently across departments. • Promotions are often driven more by relationships, visibility, and internal politics than by performance, results, or measurable impact. • Although Bezos Academy says it follows Amazon’s leadership principles, those principles are not consistently practiced by leadership. • Employees are not encouraged to question or challenge spending decisions, which makes it difficult to understand the rationale behind certain expenditures and vendor selections.