Legal Work Practices? - Tutor Huntington Learning Centers Employee Review

This former employee, who is a recent college grad and was to receive training for educational tutoring at Huntington, completed a telephone interview where among other things, hourly rates and policies were disclosed and discussed for mutual acceptability. Based on the phone interview, the employee was invited for an in-person interview. This employee was afforded an extensive in-person interview to determine suitability for the learning center teaching environment. All personnel policies were again clearly explained and hourly rates were confirmed. This employee was offered a position, and chose to accept! We were surprised that this employee quit abruptly after 12 hours of training and no independent teaching time, without speaking to the supervisor to discuss and clarify any information that was a concern, such as the perceived “unpaid time” and coming in early/staying late.” This was later clarified in an exit interview by phone with the employee, who acknowledged they should have spoken with the supervisor before rushing to judgment and quitting. As it turns out, the employee felt uncomfortable with, and therefore unsuited for, this type of teaching environment, regardless of rates, or typos and explanations in the teaching materials. Learning center teaching environments are certainly not for everyone. We live in a free market economy and one has the freedom of choice to take one’s labor and find the best opportunity. Learning Centers have certain labor rates they can afford to pay and these may not suitable for everyone.