Disappointing to watch this company fall from the standards it once had - English Teacher The Write Connection Employee Review

Low pay considering the amount of effort required and the industry standard. There is no way anyone would be able to complete a week's worth of marking within the contractually stipulated 44 hours, and even then they will have to suffer from massive burnout as a result. Staff are constantly falling sick but still trying to power through and work; terrible how this is still a standard, considering how recently the COVID-19 pandemic was and how it should have shifted expectations and understanding. Exploitative contracts that force teachers to stay on. Dropping classes or ending the contract early is met with ludicrous financial penalties. While, yes, one can understand the company trying to mitigate losses from training new staff to take over an existing teacher's workload etc. the penalty is frankly disproportionate, especially considering how inadequate and brief training actually is. The punitive and Big Brother-esque environment is laughable. Management seems to think they are running a dictatorial state, rather than a tuition centre. Why on earth is anyone checking CCTV footage to monitor their staff? They will deny this of course but there have been myriad stories about it, which I have never encountered in any other workplace. If your staff is discussing their conditions in whispers, I think you need to reconsider your management style. With so much staff training focusing on "growth mindset" and being accommodating and kind to students, it is appalling the way that management cannot extend the same understanding to their staff. Depressing to watch so many colleagues come and go while working here. This is not a place to stay and grow. The staff turnover speaks for itself.