Scoot Education reviews

When I was first hired I was told I would be working in my city of residence. They told me the area I live in is a GREAT place to be a sub. However, they only call me for areas that are too far from my home. I brought this concern up with Jordy when he sent me to a location I KNEW was too far (being born and raised here I know of an area is out of my reach.) he responded in a condescending tone and told me ALL the other subs go that far and I should have no problem doing that either. Feeling belittled, I took the assignment. Of course I was right and it took me almost two hours to get home, interfering with priceless family time with my children. I had to have someone pick my kids up for me. I again asked about subbing in my area and they responded "we actually don't serve that area because there's no charter schools" THEN WHY did you tell me I would be working in that city!? You baited and switched me to get me in Los Angeles. After talking with other scoot subs I found this is a common practice they do. BEWARE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME. Also, charter schools run LONG days. Stick with the school districts if you're trying to sub. Another thing is these classrooms are COMPLETELY unmanageable, I've NEVER seen such horrendous behavior and I am a seasoned teacher. One more thing (notice how this list keeps going?) don't call subs when they are not working. I also don't appreciate getting emails saying make myself available as often as possible...if I wanted to be available as often as possible I never would've quit teaching full time to be placed in unmanageable classrooms only to be mentally and verbally abused by students.

I want to be as direct as possible here, because they make you write a positive review once you get in there, when you're happiest at Scoot. Management focused on growth in other territories rather than their existing employees. Low salaries, made it impossible to get a raise. Very numbers and bottom line driven, not based off of work ethic/output. Favoritism. You could clearly see who management liked and they would get promoted faster than others, as well as were treated better. Political. Made it seem they were a startup with fresh values, but secretly functions like a corporation. Nice to your face, but gives you no chance once they made up their mind about you. You're ousted before you're aware. Sexist/colorist management. In my time there I saw more white men become part of the management team, and despite there being more women around, most of them were white, or white-passing. It was frustrating because management claimed they were doing the most to have D&I teachers, which was true, but it did not reflect on the team. I saw the feedback given to women had different tones and feedback, at least from my 1 on 1 conversations with them. Constant uphill battle. Constantly felt I had to prove myself, even if I had no control over the outcome. It was embarrassing after a while. I felt I had to prove my value and positive feedback was rarely given, if ever. Shady. People would mysteriously quit without any inkling of a reason why, but after talking to them after the fact, they were bullied into quitting. Elitist. I'll stop there.