Is La Petite Academy a good company to work for?

La Petite Academy has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 1,431 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 56% over the last 12 months. 87% of employees would recommend working at La Petite Academy to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about La Petite Academy have been left by employees working as Director , Academy Director and Assistant Director .

Does La Petite Academy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, La Petite Academy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at La Petite Academy. This rating has improved by 46% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at La Petite Academy?

87% of La Petite Academy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated La Petite Academy 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at La Petite Academy?

Teacher (247) , Lead Teacher (217) , Director (83) , Assistant Teacher (64) , Assistant Director (57) , Teacher Assistant (38) , Team Lead (37) , Preschool Teacher (23) , Teaching Assistant (19) , Daycare Teacher (16) , Infant Teacher (16) , Master Teacher (16) , Academy Director (15) , Lead Pre-k Teacher (14) , Lead Preschool Teacher (14)

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

"Staff was friendly and helpful" ((in 59 reviews)); "Good Benefits and 401K matched at %4" ((in 55 reviews)); "Great coworkers and families." ((in 47 reviews)); "Great people and everyone truly cares about the kids." ((in 32 reviews)); "Experience working with kids and good training." ((in 17 reviews))

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

"The pay is low and they ask way too much of you" ((in 171 reviews)); "Poor management and sneaky business behind closed doors" ((in 137 reviews)); "Long hours and you be worn out day 4" ((in 23 reviews)); "we can get time off" ((in 21 reviews)); "The lower management that you love are beholden to upper management you don't know, who can even go above them to fire you." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the top reviewed La Petite Academy locations?

Albuquerque , San Antonio , Jacksonville , Kansas City , Las Vegas , Aurora , Virginia Beach , Houston , Knoxville , Memphis , Orlando , Shelby , Merritt Island , Fort Worth , Omaha , Winston-Salem , Tucson , Olathe , Benbrook , Chesapeake , Stafford , Madison , Raleigh , Indianapolis , Westerville , Naperville , Richmond , Saint Louis , Oklahoma City , Horn Lake

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4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,413 total reviews)

John Bork

85% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Career opportunities

4.3

Senior management

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

La Petite Academy has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,413 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The La Petite 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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1K reviews

3.0

Oct 27, 2014

It could be better

Lead teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Weekends off, holidays off, flexible scheduling, free meals

Cons

understaffed, lots of work for not enough pay, low wages, under trained management

1.0

Jul 17, 2014

Pay and overall benefits are less than a privately run preschool. Get a job elsewhere

Assistant director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You have a chance of a good director. However, this varies school to school and has no rhyme or reason.

Cons

1. Extremely low pay 2. Optional benefits for full time are not good 3. Toys and overall features of the school are outdated and old 4. Corporate is constantly adding more for the teacher to do with little training and NO planning time 5. No supply money 6. Excessive paperwork (cost/benefit is out of balance) 7. You end up doing all of the lesson plans on your own time at home 8. Regionally the district manager varies but if you have a bad one, then you are going to hate your job.

1.0

Jan 2, 2012

Worst Daycare ever

Lead teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love working with and teaching kids. Like making your own lesson plans and getting your own materials to do the lessons Insurance for full-time

Cons

Horrible pay Horrible director - never had a schedule in the year and a half I worked there. Texted at 10pm the time for the next day. For 4 months in a row, I was told one time the night before and called at 6am to come in early. Got to work and would not be allowed to clock in because there weren't enough kids. Be sent on break then come back and work less then an hour and be sent home. Work less then an hour and be sent on break (because it was convenient then) then have to work 7+ hours without break. No materials for activities, no support for extra help. Always out of ratio and director didn't care if it was not the infant room.

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