Sylvan Learning Centers reviews

The owner, Mandi, is rude. She does not have empathy for employees even though she pays me $12 per hour for someone with a Master's Degree and multiple years of experience. Parents pay $60 per hour per child. I get paid $12 an hour to tutor 3 kids. Therefore out of that $60 the parent pays for their individual child I get $4 per child.

Corporate only cares about money. They will sacrifice providing decent educational support to keep what they make in their pockets. The people that manage the directors who run corporate centers are just as bad. Certified teachers are coveted, but their pay doesn't reflect it. As a director, there is no work life balance; you are expected to be on call all 6 days the center is open. You will also get written up for not recommending something that would make the company more money, even if it wasn't in the best interest of the child. If your district manager doesn't like you, they will try to get you fired and lie to do so. There is no room more upward movement since the corporate staff are younger and get paid too much and do too little to leave.