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Sampoerna Academy Reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)

61% positive business outlook

Sampoerna Academy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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41 reviews
1.0
23 July 2023
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Pros

The benefits are good, school facilities are topnotch, and students and parents are superb! not to mention, teacher colleagues are very helpful, especially the locals.

Cons

Sampoerna Academy is a very good school ruined by its management. The problem roots from incompetent and lack of educational management principles of those in position, be it in Medan or other campuses. For your reference, in my campus Medan alone, not less than 20, I repeat NOT LESS THAN TWENTY teachers resigned this year, I heard from other campuses as well, in Surabaya almost ALL teachers in secondary resigned. Some teachers also ESCAPED, literally just gone out of nowhere. Even the principal in Jakarta, that's why now the I*ndian li*k*ss became the principal because the previous principal just escaped as well out of desperation to the whole management. Now, is it because of the employees? It doesn't take a genius to read between the lines.

1.0
17 Dec 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Some nice education work colleagues. Kids can be nice although some are undisciplined

Cons

Company has ongoing marketing events and teachers must organise everything. Students miss many classes for these 'weeks' making posters doing dances even up to top grades missing revision and coursework for events. Management don't care- just want publicity and more money. School principals extremely autocratic, and dictatorial, sacking people for no real reasons if stood up to for aggressive / domineering behaviour. Staff not valued or respected for hard work, many feel oppressed and leave or forced out through witch hunts. HR department unprofessional, periodically replaced as staff walk out - sometimes en mass. Parents complain over small things, naughty / lazy students and teachers shouted at / blamed. Mediocre education at best and children / staff failed by management. National plus schools pretending to be international without many international staff. Management cannot attract, manage or keep many expat staff and fill vacancies with Filipino staff. Staff deported without notice if not liked by management.

2.0
10 Sept 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly, just the friends and relationships with colleagues and parents I was able to establish

Cons

IT'S ALL ABOUT BUSINESS. BUILT SEVERAL CAMPUSES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS BUT MATERIALS ARE ALL MADE FROM JAKARTA CAMPUS AND TEACHERS. TEACHERS ARE NOT CREDITED FOR HARD WORK. Professional development days are spent by teachers working on the tasks that are supposed to be done by the director and coordinators.

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