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13 reviews
3.0
20 May 2021

Low support, low pay

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Pros

Good people on your team, creative facilities to use 24/7 outside of class and student use, undercover parking

Cons

Very low pay and minimal benefits, poor culture and support is lacking, staff feeling undervalued and unheard.

3.0
1 Jan 2023
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Pros

Given considerable freedom to create new class materials, descent facilities and financial support

Cons

No paid time to improve classes, lots of work "off the clock", corporate structure with over 40 colleges throughout the world means you are just a number to the higher management.

2.0
4 Apr 2019
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Pros

Great facilities when they are working. Lots of talented and hardworking faculty and staff

Cons

Out-of-touch corporate leadership Prioritize profits over education Little chance for upward mobility Increasing workload with no increase in compensation Student body is unmotivated, late/absent and constantly smoking marijuana

4.0
5 Nov 2024

OVERALL EXPERIENCE

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Pros

Great facilities, great instructors. Great environment to meet people.

Cons

Sometimes there was a lack of enthiusism by the instructors to teach, seemed like they were doing it just to provide a means and not out of love for teaching.

4.0
14 Apr 2025
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Pros

You get to work with creatives who have dreams. The staff are really friendly and there are perks to the role such as discounts on courses, the use of the facilities, interstate travel opportunities for training and meet industry professionals

Cons

The role can be repetitive, it's more sales based than about advising students. The commission can be hard to reach, although I hear they have changed their pay structure recently.

3.0
8 Feb 2024

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Pros

Great team and equipment to work with. Students were fantastic

Cons

Toxic work environment, no time management and also poor work/life balance. Facilities were adequate (open plan classrooms made for difficult classroom management)

3.0
17 Jan 2024
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The students were great as were the other staff members. The studios and facilities were nice, though the students usually preferred to work on their laptops.

Cons

The pay was not that great.

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