C&K

The other people that work under bad management.

Bad top level and middle management. High expectations without reward. Stay away from this place.

Natural environment with ventilation

getting a permanent/part-time job

The environment. Physically comfortable, light, bright, colourful. Stunning visual appeal. Plenty of everything needed - from gourmet kitchens with more than ample new crockery to free weekly fruit, Barista facility, sit/stand desks for all, free lunchtime externally instructed movement activities including yoga and dance and at least bi-annual team building days involving at least half a day of treasure hunting, bowling, sport or the like. Of value was being encouraged to take time out from desk routines to take any one of numerous company cars to visit services. Mid year 2-day conferences at the Convention Centre were free for staff, generous with unlimited food, entertainment and international guest speakers; Christmas parties were overly catered for at exclusive venues and overnight Executive Retreats unaffordable for most.

Management worked silo-style and this filtered down to staff creating individual teams whose focus usually excluded the broader organisation. Challenging to pull a project together with teams not inclusive particulary around comms. Staff protective of their patch - not treading on toes became more important than assisting the customer meaning customers would often wait unnecessarily when answers were in fact to hand. Observed and experienced distinct lack of EQ amongst some ELT and HR team - those tasked to assist in times of difficulty. Many HO staff taking up to 3 days to decorate the office at Christmas.

Working with kindergarten children who are positive and energetic, is fun and rewarding. I enjoy a job that works around my own family such as C and K organisations

there are not too many openings for permanent staff

Loved working with the children, having relative autonomy over the direction of the curriculum to suit the context. Some of my colleagues were very passionate and dedicated, open to critical reflection and responsive to discussions around continuous improvement. Very high salary.

Micro-managerial style that gets passed continually down the line from head office through to director and then those below. Hyper-focus on ideological debates and minor issues, leading staff to concentrate their efforts on things that didn't matter, instead of keeping the children at the forefront of their mind. Some educators were completely disengaged from their work and either not responsive or hostile to constructive feedback. Not much done to manage their performance. Two tier system - staff in kindergartens have superior working conditions compared to their colleagues in long daycare.

The children, staff and parents

So far the only challenges are being able to find relief work at your chosen centre.

Passionate educators who do what they love and for the benefit of all children

Management and HR. Human Resources is very removed from reality and need to go out into the real world to see how corporate HR works.

The office environment was the best thing about working here.

Human Resources department is clicky and just plain \"odd\". Management is a \"silo\" they don't communicate with you and expect you to read their mind. Parking is also a challenge. Personally I would not put my child in one of the centres.

nothing - decent pay rate. no time off class

teacher treated very poorly - below standards

Having all school holidays

Management are not supportive of staff