Is Connections Academy a good company to work for?

Connections Academy has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 562 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Connections Academy to a friend and 56% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Connections Academy have been left by employees working as English Teacher , Substitute Teacher and Elementary Teacher .

Does Connections Academy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Connections Academy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Connections Academy. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Connections Academy?

62% of Connections Academy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Connections Academy 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Connections Academy?

Teacher (136) , Special Education Teacher (18) , Online Teacher (14) , Elementary Teacher (11) , Substitute Teacher (11) , Administrative Assistant (10) , English Teacher (10) , School Counselor (9) , Secondary Teacher (9) , Enrollment Advisor I (8) , Educator (6) , Enrollment Advisor (5) , Academic Advisor (4) , Assistant Principal (4) , High School English Teacher (4)

What are the pros of working at Connections Academy according to real employee reviews?

"work from home and flexible hours" ((in 123 reviews)); "great benefits when it comes to pto" ((in 34 reviews)); "The people are great!" ((in 22 reviews)); "Great coworkers and good support" ((in 19 reviews)); "The majority of the team consists of great colleagues are all aligned and truly want to make a difference." ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Connections Academy according to real employee reviews?

"LOW pay (making $20k less than I would in a local district at a minimum)" ((in 61 reviews)); "low salary compared to other High School Counselor positions." ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management of school administrators and no accountability for school administrators." ((in 18 reviews)); "Gigantic class sizes (average 200 in core content courses, 500 to 1000 in elective courses), massive special education case loads (50+), administrators are constantly adding more and more work each year w/o eliminating any duties, required to work some evenings/nights to call students, enough "paperwork" (actual paperwork or documenting multiple fields in the school online platform) to fill an Olympic size swimming pool at the end of each school year, no clear cut expectations b/c the rules are constantly changing, extremely poor communication within each department and almost nonexistent communication between departments, typically work 60 hours per week but can easily go upwards of 80 hours per week, favoritism in job advancement opportunities towards male employees, longer school year for teachers (200 work days), average pay that certainly doesn't compensate for the amount of work teachers are required to do on a daily basis, and high turn around." ((in 7 reviews)); "managers will contradict themselves constantly and employees will still get in trouble for not following the contradictory mess" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Connections Academy locations?

Columbia , Baltimore , Houston , Saint Paul , Indianapolis , Harrisburg , San Juan Capistrano , Los Angeles , Columbia , Las Vegas , Orlando , Walpole , Phoenix , White House , Tampa , Atlanta , Salt Lake City , Okemos , Bentonville , Nashville , Columbus , San Diego , Duluth , Columbia , New York , Englewood , Pittsburgh , Jacksonville , Athens , Springfield

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Connections Academy reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(535 total reviews)

Tom ap Simon

56% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Career opportunities

2.8

Compensation and benefits

Connections Academy has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 535 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Connections Academy 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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535 reviews

3.0

Jun 13, 2018

Lots of Work, Low Pay

Adjunct faculty

Recommend

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Pros

* Work from home * Not often micromanaged

Cons

* Paid $5-10/student. So, if you have a class with only a student or two, you have to do all of the work of recording and posting lessons, and holding live lessons, and spending a lot of hours for that $5-10. If you have a class with 100 students, it's more fiscally reasonable, but super boring to grade the same assignments over and over and over... * This place is WAY more political than any other school for which I have taught in my current state. The teachers are not supported as they should be. If a parent complains, the teacher is forced out rather than stood up for. That baffles me, as I have always been supported as a professional in previous schools in my current state.

3.0

Jun 12, 2018

Average Place to Work

Enrollment

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and 401k package (IF you can afford to contribute), lots of pto, work at home, growth (depending on where you want to end up)

Cons

Been here 4 years and my salary barely broke 35,000/year. The stress is NOT worth it. If you don't have children and have little to no bills,debt and live at home with your parents, then this is the job for you! Not a job for folks with actual responsibilities like children, student loan debt, medical bills. You will NOT make a living wage, unless you are a supervisor or higher.

1.0

Jun 11, 2018

Horrible place to work! Don't settle for this place. Keep applying!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

-Was an okay company to work for a few years back when the administration team was different. Since the change in administration California Connections Academy has gone downhill fast! -Work from home (however it gets old when you have to put up with constant BS)

Cons

-Low pay (No set pay scale) -New hires (with no experience) came in making more money than employees that have been with the company for a while -Horrible Leadership (they are a joke) -No rules/guidelines (everything is "case by case") -Supervisors are hired with little to no experience in the field -Employees are never appreciated for their work and are expected to work outside of work hours for no extra pay -Staff here is extremely divided and will stab you in the back at any given moment or throw you under the bus to save themselves -Administration never takes responsibility for anything but instead plays the blame game -Principal is extremely rude to employees when approaching most issues (through email). The tone used via email is always attacking before any research is done

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