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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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5.0
Mar 26, 2025

Great Place to Work

Recommend
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Pros

The company is professional and has great work/life balance. There is excellent training and opportunities to advance. My job was fulfilling.

Cons

The compensation could be better.

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Thanks for your review! We’re thrilled to hear how you enojyed your experience as an ESS employee.
4.0
Mar 26, 2025

Work as you want

Recommend
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Pros

-Very flexible -You choose where/when you want to substitute -Not expected to do much

Cons

-If you like teaching, you will never teach -Kids tend to misbehave with a sub -Pay isn't great

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ESS Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We’re glad to hear how you’ve enjoyed the flexibility of working with us!
2.0
Mar 25, 2025

Needs Improvement

Recommend
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Pros

There were many districts one could choose from, and a number of schools. Pay was weekly…though about 2 weeks behind.

Cons

Pay is pretty low for what subs have to deal with. No support from ESS. I had subbed at one school ,almost exclusively, for a few months with no problem,only to be told I couldn’t return to that particular school for classroom management. For cases like that ,ESS doesn’t respond to inquiries asking them to explain what happened so a sub could give their side of a story (such as: no lesson plans or emergency lesson plans or supplies for a music class) or to see where they could improve. Telling them via a generic email to sub at other schools in the district is not helpful. Assignments can be changed suddenly: Ex: Signing up for a particular class only to be a bathroom monitor or to fill in as a special ed aide. When I moved out of state, the representatives wouldn’t tell me what districts they serve in that state so I could potentially continue with the company.

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Thanks for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are constantly working to make improvements to better our company whenever possible.
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