K12 reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,457 total reviews)

James Rhyu

59% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

K12 has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,457 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The K12 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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1K reviews
3.0
May 23, 2014

Teacher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

More flexible in some ways than a traditional school.

Cons

High workload with low pay.

4.0
May 18, 2014

Good while it lasts

Recommend
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Pros

The private schools allow teachers to set flexible hours, not just 9-5. You can also do Sunday through Thursday instead of the traditional workweek. Managers discourage teachers for working more than 40 hours a week, to avoid burn out. The curriculum department creates the lessons and being online removes teachers from the duty of policing behavior (gum chewing, tardiness, dress code, etc), so teachers are only responsible for grading and answering student questions. Many students respond really well to the online environment, and you form a better relationship with them than you would in a traditional classroom. Pay is good, but school is year-round so really it balances out. Working from home allows better time management.

Cons

Since we are online and the curriculum is set up an an independent study, there is no opportunity to do fun stuff like cooperative learning or field trips. The curriculum department creates lessons in a one-size-fits all method for all K12 students, and modifying them is cumbersome and frowned upon. Student who go AWOL are hard to reach, and many parents don't understand technology and have difficulty monitoring their student's progress (or just can't be bothered). Getting promotions or raises is difficult because you have no interaction with coworkers, no opportunity to impress management or get to know them. NO CONTRACTS so people can and do disappear with zero advanced warning, just because someone with zero education background decided that they could do some cost cutting somewhere.

1.0
May 16, 2014

SEC

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I can't say, there are any pros about this company anymore. Maybe, just benefits and let's face it, you can get health insurance at most jobs now a days.

Cons

Constant changes in performance metrics. No one seems to ever be on the same page and was a daily battle to even want to go to work. Environment is horrible. Everyone has their own way of doing the same things and caused too much confusion and animosity. Ever since they have tried to change the whole company a year ago, every month that went by I got more disgusted. Management and Supervisors are lazy and don't do much but complain and take things out on employees.I used to love working there and then it went to garbage. Glad myself and many others have, or are leaving as well. What a dump.

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