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Worst Experience of My Life - College Access and Preparedness Counselor Success Academy Employee Review

1.0
19 Oct 2025
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Pros

Great colleagues. Learned a lot as someone new to the work force.

Cons

Terrible leadership. Students are disrespectful and rude and rarely held accountable. Wasn't even told we work 7am-5pm (probably wasn't paid for those extra hours either). Was rarely offered appreciation from higher-ups. Eva berated us for 45 minutes after the work day ended for "not knowing the Junior SAT scores" despite spending months working on getting Seniors to submit applications on time - which we did successfully. Was denied PTO three times when I explained it was for my own wedding and everything was already paid for before accepting the job. Called a PTO and was questioned by leadership (it's absolutely none of their business why I called PTO when I needed it). Developed severe anxiety and experienced 3 separate panic attacks after 7 months of this job.

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5.0
14 Dec 2022
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Pros

Working with like minded people who are driven to play their part in helping scholars succeed

Cons

There are a lot of misunderstandings about Success Academy and what it does which means that I often have to represent SA and help people have a more accurate perspective on our work

2.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance and mission-driven people

Cons

Leadership, especially the CEO and COO, are very whimsical. Don't give clear instructions and berate people when output is not what they want.

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