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Memphis Recovery Centers

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Wasn't worth the stress - Teacher Memphis Recovery Centers Employee Review

2.0
31 Jan 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Managers are fairly laid back with employees. They do not micro-manage as they feel you're professional enough to know your job. Pay scale starts out on Shelby County Schools pay scale (which is the highest in the area), and you can negotiate for higher pay (do it). Once your 8 hours are up, you go home. There's none of the extra stuff that most teachers have to do.

Cons

They tell you to do something, and when you do it, you get in trouble for it. They give vague instructions like "make the kids feel like you felt when your daddy walked into the room". Teachers at the all-boys juvenile center were the only ones that were expected to be with the kids for the entire day. You'll spend the morning with them eating breakfast and doing their chores, then you take them across the yard to class. You spend 4 hours in class then take them back to the house for lunch. If you eat lunch with them, you don't get a lunch break, so your next 4 to 5 hours, you'll be babysitting them like you're one of the common assistants because they're so short-handed. You're also required to work every single holiday. Don't ask for one off because you'll be told no. And if one of the boys puts his hands on you, you can't defend yourself. If you do, you're sent home for the day (maybe more) on an unofficial suspension. If they wreck the house, it's your fault. If they wreck your classroom, it's your fault. If they run through the emergency door and escape down the road, it's your fault for not stopping them. And when you turn in your two week notice, they'll let you finish the day and then ask for your badge and escort you off the property right in front of the kids to make an example of you.

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Cons

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