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3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(485 total reviews)
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Buddy Helton

63% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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3.0
Aug 27, 2025

Not a forever job

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Pros

Great schedule, working with special needs children feels rewarding most days. Good job to have if you’re working on your own business or in school.

Cons

Low pay, no benefits, do the same work as the teachers, sometimes more.

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ESS Response
10mo
We greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your review! It’s wonderful to hear how you like the schedule and working with the kids. We’re sorry you are not satisfied with the pay. We will continue to work with our partnering districts to influence rate increases when possible.
1.0
Aug 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Experience with working with kids, hires easily

Cons

Bad amount of turnover (people quit or get fired, low pay, no support (managers don’t answer emails or phone calls promptly, if they ever do it’s too late), a teacher could simply hold a grudge against you even if you do your job properly and still file a complaint to ESS and they will literally take their word for it against yours even if the allegation never happened, unstable assignments, they will cancel morning of or worse (when you get there), benefits don’t work (a relative of mine used to work there even and you’re better off getting state Medicaid over the benefits they provide which don’t cover or are not taken or both).

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ESS Response
10mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re glad you’ve enjoyed the opportunity to work with students, and we take your concerns about communication, support, and complaint handling seriously. Feedback like yours helps us identify where improvements are needed.
5.0
Aug 13, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great introductory job into the education field to see if teaching was for me. Local job, no commute.

Cons

Low pay No real benefits.

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ESS Response
10mo
We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to give us your review!
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