Insanely Toxic and Unprofessional- Stay Away - Management Trainee Kidstrong Employee Review

1.0
27 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Seemed like a lot of positive and driven individuals at first

Cons

- Most unprofessional hiring/onboarding experience I've ever had in my life interviewed and accepted an offer for a management position at KidStrong. After putting in my two weeks notice with my then current full time employer, a day before my start date, KidStrong rescinded their offer— leaving me jobless. Within those two weeks, we had been in touch over Zoom, text, and phone calls where I reconfirmed my start date and spoke with the management about our mutual excitement for said start date. Despite having been in direct contact with them through text and zoom several times during the two weeks leading up to my initial start date, the day before my start date, the two hiring managers reached out, unprecedentedly three way facetimed me, condescendingly accused me of not communicating enough, and claimed that I didn't display enough excitement because I didn’t immediately accept their slack invitation or finish my onboarding. This opportunity initially seemed like a great place to grow and develop as a manager, however slowly (unfortunately too slowly because now I'm out of a job on both ends) descended into a weird and toxic situation before I ever got a chance to even clock into the facility. I normally don't leave reviews, but this was such a pitiful and disgusting display that I had to share. If you're thinking about transitioning jobs, please steer clear from the place, because they might lead you to believe you could leave your previous job only to unprofessionally rescind their offer before you start your new one.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
22 Mar 2026
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Pros

I cannot vouch for every center since they are not all owned by the same people, but they all fall under the same stipulations from HQ. The same values we instill in the kids we coach are the values management looks for in their coaches. There is little to no work drama, everyone has each other's backs when covering shifts, and there is always an opportunity to pick up extra shifts as well as advance into higher positions. I have been at KidStrong for roughly 1.5 years and have received two raises and two 'level ups'. This is genuinely the best place I have ever worked, and the day I leave will be really, really hard.

Cons

"Requires" off-the-clock work, such as watching videos and studying slides to learn the courses before coaching. Also since shifts are set and we do not clock in, I tend to have issues completing closing duties and still completing shift reports before my shift is up. Although requiring these things to be done off the clock is illegal, it is definitely phrased as if you will get written up if these things don't get done.

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