Huntington Learning Centers reviews

Having worked for Huntington for a while, I can say that all the awful reviews about this company are correct. I worked with the Huntingtons and can tell you they take PLEASURE in pinning employees against each other. I witnessed the Huntingtons first hand make an employee cry when presenting an idea "You should apologize to all of us for wasting our time with such a stupid idea “ only months later be something they thought of. They are nothing but adult BULLIES. They provide no value short of discovering the brand and should be ashamed of themselves. The executive staff all knows this. They are POWERLESS to stop it short of getting fired. Some of them have been there too long to be able to make a transition elsewhere because where would they go? They can't compete in today’s market. Most of the Oradell staff "grew up" in the system (started working in the centers then moved to Oradell..). Very few outside people who get hired last. Most wake up from being brainwashed to believe you are helping kids when in actuality you are promoting a system as outdated and out of touch as the management.

All of it. You are salaried for 40 hours/week (Mon-Thurs 10:30-8:30+Saturday 9-1 is what they tell you) you are really there from many days 8:15 until at least 9 pm, and are expected to work Fridays, Saturdays 8-3 and sometimes Sundays if your teachers are not "up to par" or you are short handed which is always the assistant directors fault despite the fact that Huntington refuses to pay certified teachers a decent wage. You are also bullied into working through your 1 hour lunch break that is automatically deducted from your pay. Operations does nothing but micromanage and degrade you day and night sending nasty and demanding emails from 5am until midnight. If your center is not at budget which may not even be realistic your entire staff is expected to work FOR FREE all hours of the night including Sundays to help squeeze every last penny out of parents as possible. And if you are lucky enough to get a few Fridays/Sundays off the center basically falls apart without full time managers there so they will be calling you anyway for the entirety of the day. This is also one of the greediest companies you will ever work for, with the motto "If they cry-they buy!" meaning that if you get the parents to cry for worry that their child is so far behind then they will sign up. Huntington achieves this by administering academic evaluations which are designed to make even high achieving students look like they are struggling and then demand that Center Directors use "urgency" to make the parents worry and convince them that signing up to Huntington-and paying thousands of dollars on the spot is the only solution. If the center director fails to achieve this on any parent that has even inquired to the company, then they are reprimanded as are the entire centers' staff. Not only is it a complete scam that barely helps students-if at all, I have never heard of a company that treats its hard working employees so disrespectfully and it is a real shame that they are still in business.