Pippa Pop-ins Reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

48% positive business outlook

Pippa Pop-ins has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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30 reviews
1.0
2 July 2020

Avoid at any cost

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Pros

None, actually internal decor is nice

Cons

Place is really horrible to work at, firstly management really don’t care about you, they scare you all the time if you don’t do this or that it will be deducted from your salary etc. If for example you have doctors appointment and you need to leave hour or two before it will definitely be deducted from your salary. Working hours are so long from 8am-6pm so you will definitely have to leave sometime earlier to get to your appointment. They give you 3 sick days only. And even that they will try to deduct from your salary therefore always check your payslips. Working atmosphere is scary there is fear everywhere and there are rules about everything because there is so called Pippa Popins way about everything. Some rules overruled themselves... so contradictory and absolute nonsense. There are some nice people (teachers) there but usually there is so much gossiping and if you are a new you should know which side to take... which is another non sense. Management is desperate for employees so they hire whoever really comes their way. So unfortunately many teachers in Pippa Popins are highly unprofessional and sadly so rude to children which broke my heart. Teachers usually come to work for Pippa Popins for maximum a year to get reference and experience as apparently it’s “good” school for reference and then leave. Only few are staying for longer time as they don’t have other choices. Employees turnover is so high. In one year during one term out of 19 teachers 11 left....so you do the math what does it say about that place. Cameras are everywhere and they are literally watching you to tell you off every time they feel like it. If you are really desperate and you have no other place to go then yes go and work for Pippa Popins you will learn a lot about how things shouldn’t be done. Or if you like hardcore regime with no empathy then that’s good place to be. Another thing that bothered me a lot is that they really don’t care about children, they absolutely do care about the money these parents pay so they definitely learn to pretend to care.

1.0
22 Mar 2021

Toxic Workplace

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Pros

Hard to find any, but I would say (some) people. I had some wonderful colleagues and made good friends. I also actually learned a lot while working there, although it was baptism by fire.

Cons

There is no coaching/mentoring programme for new staff. They do the minimum effort required, through a so called "induction" process, where they show you the fire exists and the toilets and then... good luck figuring the rest out! The hours are very long and there is no need for that. There is a big focus on the looks of the nursery and the staff. The requirements around what we had to wear (including what colour to do our nails, what kind of shoes to wear and how to style our hair) were very unreasonable and actually quite ridiculous. There is also no uniform stipend, so I don't understand how none of the employees have said anything about being asked to buy uniforms out of their own pockets. What is worse, the focus on looks and image takes away from the focus on children. There are many children labelled as having special needs or being "difficult" when the poor littles just don't have access to age-appropriate activities.

2.0
28 July 2018

Not a great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Good team in the nursery. The head of school was really good and she knew what she was doing.

Cons

Higher management has absolutely no regard for their employees. I have also witnessed several incidents that were bordering on racism and intolerance.

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