Kids are great, but pay and policies are BAD. you also DONT GET PAID FOR THE SUMMER
Pros
The kids are wonderful to work with, is a relatively simply job that offers an administration and hands on role, Your job is mainly to collect schoolwork from schools and be a liaison. Most managers are also quite understanding and willing to work with you.
Cons
So many, Mostly to do with administration and policy, Learnwell will send you to a site to fail. They will tell you that you can always ask for help and when you ask for it tell you its not possible and then when a new person steps in take your idea and give it to the person all while making you feel like you failed. You have around 3 pto days- but make sure you don't work at certain hospitals if you have a lot of snow, because if you get snowed into your house they will refuse to let you work from home and force you to take your pto days despite others being able to do so due to hospital policy. You will not get paid for half of what you do- you will be trained with additional tasks such as auditing and will see no pay increase despite having more tasks. The company also has a 2 unexcused absences per 30 days rule, you get the Flu for 2 days after you used your sick time and pto on a severe illness at the end of the year and then you need another day off to see your doctor? Sorry, you're getting reported to HR. Had I written this review a year ago i would have given it 5 stars, However since the company was bought out by goldman sachs and new leadership was instated the company and its policies have gotten absolutely suffocating. The company no longer stands for what it should be, its no longer about the children- they are just another number and another dollar in learnwells pocket. Lets talk about the lesson library next: the lesson library is laughable. Despite learnwell servicing all ages, the lesson library does not have any Math, English, or Science higher than a 6th grade level. If you have a student who is in calculus but the school wont send schoolwork? Sorry kid, you're going to solve the area of a trapezoid. Learnwell also expects teachers to make lessons for the lesson library and then never implements them. It's no surprise that despite being an education based company there is not a single educator on our board of directors. If there was a educator they would be horrified at the mockery of education that lesson library represents. As for pay. You will make far less than the lowest paying districts in your state, but given the job itself is relatively easy this is not surprising. HOWEVER, You also DO NOT GET PAID FOR SUMMER BREAK. Learnwell does not tell you this, You are paid hourly and must apply for unemployment over the summer, Former teachers, its not like public school.
