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The Alternative Learning Community

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Valuable Lessons in Resilience and Adaptability" - Child Mentor The Alternative Learning Community Employee Review

2.0
24 Dec 2024
Recommend
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Pros

TALC offers decent growth opportunities and a good salary, but the real takeaway is how much it tests and ultimately builds your patience and resilience.

Cons

The workplace suffers from a toxic culture, lacks overtime pay or appreciation for efforts, is filled with judgmental- disrespectful attitudes,sugar-coated toxicity, and has a severely negative impact on mental health.

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1.0
10 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Learning curve is hands on.

Cons

Required to perform over 40 hours of unpaid overtime weekly as a routine expectation. A delay of even one minute in logging in could result in a half-day salary deduction. Saturday work was not disclosed during the interview process; after joining, Saturdays were required and, although described as half-days, work frequently extended until late night. On regular weekdays, working hours routinely extended to 11–12 hours, with no overtime pay. Managers and senior leadership, including the CEO, were unwilling to engage in discussions regarding overtime, workload, or compensation. The work environment included unnecessary backhanded and ageist remarks, particularly directed toward female employees. Employees were told they could log out on time, yet additional tasks were frequently assigned 10 minutes before the end of the workday, effectively preventing timely sign-off.

3.0
25 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You can learn a lot of new skills required to build you professionally.

Cons

The timings are too long and sometimes your mental health could take a backseat.

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