Worked at this center for about 2 years, very underpaid, started at 11/hour and fought for the 13/hour that I wound up leaving with. Very sad that people working for this company who do so much for so little pay. On top of it all, it was very hard to take off even with more than a two weeks notice, and very inconvenient and inconsistent with breaks, there were multiple times I was told 5 minutes before my break that it was changed to a later time or that I wouldn't even be receiving one that day. They would also change the schedule on everyone for the next week with out notice, and even though they sent out two weeks of schedules, they would change the second weeks schedule every week, so basically you wouldn't know what your hours were til the Friday before the next week for the upcoming week. Also to mention with all of this being said, even if I were scheduled to leave before close, I NEVER got out on time, and the one acting asistant director told me to let her know when I had things scheduled after my leaving time (knowing that I never got out on time) so she could try to get me out close enough to the time I had something scheduled. Even then there were MULTIPLE times my schedule said 8 to 5 and I had something scheduled at 6 and missed it due to them not allowing me to leave at scheduled time. Which made making appointments very hard since I never got to leave on time and also due to the schedule changed EVERY week. I'm not even going to start sharing how incredibly rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional most of the staff were, if I did, this review would take you a long time to read. I could go on and on but to keep it short and honest, I'll just end with this food for thought...just driving around locally places like McDonald's and Dunkin are offering benefits and 15/hour for a starter position. Luckily I found an assistant teaching job locally that started me at 17 an hour and benefits, and helps with schooling every year. My new place of employment also has consistent break times and rarely changes the schedule on me, and when they do change it on the rare occasion, they notify me in advance and let's me take off when needed. So basically if you want to be treated unfairly and get underpaid, work at kindercare in newtown.
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