Infanterix Reviews

Some facilities lack of space dedicated to the children (like all the rooms being exclusively classrooms, no space for other type of activities inside). Some of the staff rooms are very small for a big amount of staff and also serve as working rooms (computer room), so no real relaxing room if someone is trying to work there at the same time. Lots of "administrative" tasks with a report per week, a weekly plan, ordering materials, and more. All of which having to be sent via email. Takes a lot of time that the staff just doesn't have. Lack of staff is a MAJOR issue. They hire you promising 3 employees per group PLUS floaters when needed, well reality is hardly 2 per group, floaters almost never come (and for having met some, they have a horrible job...), this meaning that any vacation, sick leave or whatever brings your group to extreme understaffing. You end up running for everything you want to do, having very hard times when new kids come because you are simply not enough staff to take care of all when one of the person has to focus exclusively on one child (when it's not the both of you in that case and then, what do you do of the other 10 in the room?). Pay is lower than most other places in Munich. They did not give us the full amount of the München Zulage for years, came in full for the first time this September 2021 ... (what did they do of the rest of the money that was given to them by the city and not distributed to us??) Communication is very difficult and slow with the main office. They refuse to give you your personal documents like your Anerkennung (certificate recognition), B1 certification (they send you a PDF but never give you the original...) etc. they answer always half of your emails, avoiding the more complex questions. No transparency about their wages: a lot of German staff is recieving higher pay than the foreigners. Some people with exactly the same level of studies, same recognition, same job, same working times are payed differently. Some people get more vacation days than other (not necessarily following a "getting more with years" type of policy, just at random); nobody knows how the wages are calculated as nobody has access to their "tabelle". No care for their staff whatsoever. Most of us are exhausted because of the constant understaffing. A lot of people are on the verge of burn out. Complaints are not taken seriously and no changes ever happen however much you may ask for it. Bilingualism is very often just NOT there, with only English speaking staff or French speaking staff as they struggle so much to find Germans willing to work for them (make of it what you want!).

Easily the worst employer for kindergarten teachers in Munich. They strategically underpay the foreign workers (some of my coworkers received MINIMUM WAGE (all of them having university degrees from abroad). Instead of the 3000 Euro inflation bonus that the government me dated they gave us only 500. They don't care about their employees at all