Gompers Reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

Mark Jacoby

61% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
2.0
1 Nov 2016

Director of Special Education

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Pros

Easy for almost anyone to get hired at Gompers.

Cons

Gompers Private School is a part of the Gompers Adult facility. That is a problem as senior management have no idea how to run a school. The executive director is never at work and collects a paycheck well over 130 K (public record) a year. Regarding the position of director of special education, is not a director position. This position is a secretarial job. You are not given the authority to request more staff, implement new and creative ways to make the school prosper. Although you will stay very busy giving tours and trying to convince a public school district you are worthy of housing their students. The biggest problem is that you cannot keep front line staff at Gompers school or dta. Paying staff under $10 an hour is insulting to anyone's intelligence for the expectations. Gompers Private School only keeps their directors for 1 year, that is about all any one with appropriate education and experience will stay. If you like to be micro managed and asked to have your students mingle with the adults (against the law), and have absolutely no authority to make change then this may be a good fit for you.

2.0
4 Nov 2014
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Pros

Very thorough training programs for employees. Co-workers are friendly and mostly helpful. Decent pay if you can afford working part-time as a driver (5-6 hrs a day) and working a split shift. Part time employees are eligible for PTO and 401K. (no insurance benefits for pt employees) Clients and their families are the best part of this job. Feeling like you're making a difference. Lots of client outings

Cons

The atmosphere between supervisors and employees can be very volatile. It's the "us vs. them" mentality. Although employees accrue PTO, many employees aren't allowed to use it due to lack of coverage. Client to staff ratio is often below state regulations and cleanliness and germ control is severely lacking (the clean up crew is the clients who are not allowed to use antibacterial cleansers). There are absolutely no opportunities for advancement at Gompers, pay for DTA is around $9/hr, drivers $11/hr. All employees must be 21 to work here which makes it difficult to make a living wage. Another bad thing is that supervisors are very slow to change a client's individual service plan which in many instances left the client vulnerable to serious injury. They indiscriminately fire employees for no reason, will fight un-employment benefits tooth and nail even if it means lying about that employee and the reasons for being dismissed. Employee will lose all PTO and will not be given the needed certificates they earned to find another job, ie, first aide and cpr.. If you're a strong advocate for client safety and write too many incident reports you will be deemed a whistle blower and will be warned then fired.

5.0
7 Aug 2019

Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

LOVED working at Gompers. It gave me so many opportunities and let me do creative things with my members. I've worked lots of jobs like this for lots of different companies and they don't compare. Gompers is the best. They value their employees, but it really is all about the members. Thanks Gompers

Cons

Would love to make more but nobody's paying more

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