Per Scholas reviews about "pay"

Non-profit salary, so the pay sometimes doesn't refect how hard you work. They have changed a bit, and do pay more than other non-profits

The management at my campus was atrocious. During my 2+ years at the company we went through 3 site directors. Each time the site director in charge tried several ways to get me fired for seemingly no reason. I ended up reporting each one to HR multiple times with no real action actually happening. HR was more than happy to meet with me and hear my concerns, but when it came to action, it seemed that the most they got was a slap on the wrist, until they finally got fired. If you're an instructor, forget about taking sick days/vacation days while your class is running. There is absolutely no support when it comes to finding coverage for your classes. You're encouraged to take all of your time off while you are between teaching classes. I was actually fired for taking too much time off from work while class was in session. (I was going through a period where I was getting sick every few weeks). I ended up taking roughly 6 sick days over the course of 3 months and wasn't given coverage for my classes for any of those days, so my class just wasn't held, which put us severely behind in terms of curriculum. I ended my time at Per Scholas with over 100 hours of sick time banked, which they encourage you to use while you are between classes, even though you can't really control when you actually need to use them; meanwhile, the management at my campus seemed to be taking vacations every few weeks. I was also the only remote instructor at my campus, which may be why I was encouraged to not use sick days as I was at home anyways. Over all, I would highly recommend staying away from this company as a whole. I have heard very bad things about other campuses as well. If you do apply, apply to the Remote Training Team, as during my time there, I had the best boss of my entire career. It seems that it is the one of the only teams at this company that is run coherently. Also, a lot of what Per Scholas advertises to the potential students is utter hogwash. I have been contacted by previous learners from my classes that I taught that said that after they completed their cohort they received no contact from Per Scholas at all. In Per Scholas' advertising they say that they give support to their graduate for up to 2 years after graduation. Also, the cohort I taught was advertised as leading to an internship/apprenticeship, although the entire time I worked there, their response for where those actually were was "we're working on it". This is all paired with the fact that they pay WELL below the industry standard for the same job title. I understand that it is a non-profit and they probably can't afford to pay the going rate for these positions, but it still seems terrible that they would pay as low as they do. an Instructional Assistant job goes for roughly $15/hr, which you literally make at most fast food restaurants, if not a higher wage. I was also blocked from getting a promotion by my superior for several months. He would tell me that he was waiting on a response from someone in the company, who I would then go to to ask, and they would always say that they were waiting on a response from him. I ended up getting fired just before the promotion was about to go through, which says a lot about the management at the company as well.

Poor change management, pay inequity.

Pay is pretty low for the state of economy right now

Terrible pay, little to no movement in moving through the company, little to no help with direct management issues, too many things tied to PAR which by the way if I meet 100% of my goal I will be told it should have been more than that and won't be getting my whole raise. Raises can only happen once a year and is not based on actually contribution and talent.

I unfortunately have a lot to say here because after working here for a significant amount of years, it is very depressing to see what has becoming of the company as a whole. There are some issues once you take it out of the local scene and to a national level. The overall goal unfortunately seems to have become expansion. Unsustainable, rapid expansion at the expense of the mental, physical, and emotional state of the people who work at the respective locations across the country. Didn't collectively hit the mark on certification rates? Should we take a step back and see what the method of each team is that is successful and try to apply that to the teams that are lacking, so that we can plug the holes in low performance areas? No. Expand. Did we actually do well this year? Should we reward our lowly workers with meaningful promotions, pay raises and incentives? No. Make getting a promotion more difficult and...Expand. Should we hire more educators in high demand/ high success yielding areas that are doing well to supplement or make up for areas that are less successful? "Nah... imma do (my own thing) some expanding." It's quite unfortunate to feel like the only way you could get fair compensation is if youre a part of some "club" at the top. For the work that we do, the effect that we have on hundreds of peoples lives a year, the adaptation that we MUST have on the fly, the continuous improvement and upskilling that is expected of us, and the success that we bring, we are criminally underpaid. It cant be said any other way. Dont even get me started on if you happen to live in a city that has egregiously high costs of living, and the fact that there is little to no adjustment made to account for this. Leadership often makes extraordinarily out of touch decisions, that come at the detriment of the "little guy" giving off the impression that they genuinely dont care about the people who work for them. Pay is awful, KPIs are unfair to the point that some teams will actively make decisions that will hurt other teams in the future just to hit their KPIs now. Flaming hurdles are placed in front of those who want promotions, raises, or just a conversation about fair pay. In some cases they WILL LITERALLY DODGE THE QUESTION COMPLETELY and just hope the word salad they spew will confuse you enough to make you shut up about being paid fairly. Meanwhile VPs are making close to (and in many cases more than) $200k a year. It seems that if your job doesnt have anything to do with money exchanging hands you are told to eat dirt and ask for seconds. Some of the people I work with are INCREDIBLY overqualified, skilled, and credentialed for the pay that they receive.

Lower pay for some positions. (Typical nonprofit salary issues)