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Kids Science Labs Reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Keith Norsym & Shegan Campbell

59% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Kids Science Labs has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kids Science Labs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
30 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with kids is awesome, but definitely an acquired taste.

Cons

I was a summer teaching fellow, and man was it a rough ride. Not only were we working with the students all day with no breaks, we also didn't get a lunch hour! Is that legal? I would get there at 7:30 AM and leave KSL at 6 or 7 PM without any kind of meal all day. I could MAYBE sneak in a quick bite to eat while the kids were eating their own snacks, but usually not. The CEO would often drop his own kids off at camp, and then not pick them up on time at the end of the day, so someone had to stick around waiting for him to come back and get his own kids. They even came to camp several times without their own lunch, which I thought was really weird. Who forgets to feed their own kids? There seems to be a revolving door of new employees that quickly exit after a few months, several people have left with little more than a good-bye, which I find odd. I left on my own terms, but I'm pretty sure several of these people, who seemed okay to me, left on what seemed like rockier terms. Something seems off in the management imho. A lot of the teachers don't fully grasp some of the science, and teach things wrong. Some of this is from lack of understanding (and effort), and some of it is from lack of training on the part of management team. Side Note: I think the 5 star review on here is quite a stretch, the place has a lot of problems. No one in their right mind would rate this place as a 5. (I'm guessing it was a fluff review from someone higher up in the company)

1.0
21 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My coworkers - There are some really unique, and friendly individuals working here. This is completely subjective, but I personally found working with kids to be a blast. Access to some great downtown locations when it comes to food options.

Cons

Upper management thinks way too highly of the company, and themselves. Any feedback that isn't praising of KSL is either criticized or ignored. Cult of Positivity is alive, and well here. If you're not drinking the kool-aid, you're out. Toxic! No real path for advancement. You may become lead teacher if you get in with the right people. There is no real accountability here when it comes to the product being sold. It is mostly just kids making a huge mess. That's fun, but not really inspiring of anything. During birthday party events, you will often go without lunch, which is technically illegal, but no one ever says anything for whatever reason, and so it continues.

1.0
2 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Building relationships with awesome kids and their families made most of the unfortunate things about this job worthwhile. Coworkers were also fantastic, and I'm happy to say that I learned a lot from them. Benefits were decent.

Cons

A previous reviewer absolutely nailed it: the Cult of Positivity is the dominant paradigm here. Feedback or ideas that aren't complimentary of KSL got shut down immediately, without transparency or meaningful dialogue. Comment about lack of accountability re: the product being sold is totally dead-on. Communication overall was abysmal, particularly between upper management and "everyone else." Numerous employees pushed back on lunch hours/breaks, overtime, and tip allocation. Upper management's inconsistency and opaqueness about employee rights and compensation felt really shady to me. I would've liked to have seen much more time spent on developing meaningful, research-backed teaching & curriculum so that what the customers experienced was worth more than just buzzwords on the website. I've worked in numerous child education settings, but KSL was one of the most disorganized and disappointing work experiences I've had.

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