Galileo Learning Reviews

The pay is extremely low to the amount of work you are expected to do. They expect you to dedicate you off time and personal time to Galileo themed outings and events where they use employees to market their camp. They throw around phrases like "self-care" but give no time for it, leaving an extremely high risk of burn-out.They are not respectful of individual boundaries and levels of comfort. I often felt like an outcast because my personality wasn't bubbly enough. Was told multiple time to "be my self" when I was being my genuine self and was then told to change into something else. The curriculum was not adequately tested or designed for double rotations making the ability to prepare and teach very difficult due to time, then received feedback on my time management skills. Feedback was given in a judgmental way, where supervisors would give feedback but not receive it themselves. Communication of expectations was severely lacking. The environment of the camp is cliquey and has a 'high school' feeling, with new staff being shunned by the veteran or returning staff members (supervisors included). The TL and SL are paid minimum wage(Improvement from previous years) but is still way less than they ought to for the amount of work they do. It would be impossible for the camp to function properly, or lessons to be prepped and taught if not for the work of the TL. They are looking for young minded college kids who lack independent thought and are unaware of their value. Considering that Galileo charges upwards of $500 per week per camper they could afford to pay their employees a lot better.

They expect hellishly long days, and don't offer enough structure in many of the break periods, leaving you to explain to campers why their mothers didn't pack them enough food for the day, or why they're not allowed to play on their cellphones because kick the ball is much better for their psyches. As someone who was doing this summer job as a one time deal before I moved to another city to go on to grad school, it was clear that the other counselors who had been there for multiple years because they were artists, or teachers, they had an odd contempt for me as someone who didn't want to dedicate their entire life to wrangling children into educational activities. Overall, I felt that the rest of the counselors had a strange and almost cultlike devotion to Galileo. The hours were miserable and the upsides were few, so I was baffled by their wholehearted slavishness.