The Learning Lab Reviews

Pros

People are nice, always willing to help. Thorough training is provided.

Cons

Hourly pay is low for part-timers but full time employees earn a good amount.

Pros

Great colleagues… and well stocked pantry, depending on where you’re based.

Cons

Leave system is ridiculous. Be prepared to plan a year (or more) in advance for your holidays just because they want to “help the planning team plan ahead”. And you might not even get the dates you want. It’s a game of luck.

Pros

- Interesting curriculum done by specialized curriculum team - Relatively small class sizes mean that you can get to know your students well

Cons

- Manpower is stretched. Be prepared to cover last min when your fellow colleagues take MC. This is very stressful as you may have to do a rushed job planning and could also get called to cover in any 1 of the centres across Singapore. The planning team doesn’t seem to regard the teachers as people, even when we tell them that we have a heavy marking load etc… it’s easy to feel like we are just means to an end (ie the class has a teacher inside) - Heavy marking load - Pay is not competitive, no progression - New hires have to work two weekends so say goodbye to any social life - Leave is hard to come by… need to apply way in advance and even then, it’s not a guarantee

Pros

Best place for quiet quitting, just phone it in and it pays well. Get your paycheck and be happy. TLL helps you fund your fancy new home.

Cons

Highly, highly incompetent managerial level. A lot of double and triple dipping of roles by singular individuals who are great at managing upwards, which sounds glorious on paper at the expense of the teams that they are incapable of leading. A lot of bottleneck at the decision making level, with hardly any good decisions made. The dip in quality and staff morale is very apparent not only internally with extremely high turnover rates, but to parents and discerning students as well. In these past couple of years, TLL's standing has taken a sharp nosedive from all the goodwill that's taken years to establish. No real reviews come to glassdoor just to write "All good, nothing to talk about". Be discerning of these reviews .

Pros

Discounted fees for family members

Cons

Slave driving and no direction, messy organisation

Pros

Great colleagues and work-life balance

Cons

Flat organisation structure, limited progression options

Pros

- After becoming familiar with it, performing daily operations becomes fairly straightforward and routine. - If you enjoy a job involving extensive communication with people, particularly customers, this position would be an excellent fit for you.

Cons

- The workload tends to double towards the end of the year or during school holidays, which can make it challenging to complete tasks on time. - Shift-based work, which affects sleep schedule.

Pros

It's alright for part time work and if you are not looking for career progression

Cons

It can be very hard to take leave.

Pros

Teachers only have to teach and do not have to double hat in other departments or dabble in curriculum. Facilities seem much better than other centres.

Cons

Teachers can expect a heavy workload and high expectations. Almost feels like a uni race sometimes.

Pros

Quite flexible hours and good starting salart

Cons

Messy administration while I was working there