To Jack Safer - Anonymous employee Brightside Academy Employee Review

1.0
27 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I want to put down pros, but there are actually none that I can think of. The company does give you a small paycheck to where you can "survive" in poverty. It's a joke that the company hasn't seen a raise since 2013-2014. If you were to look at their turnover rate, your mouth would drop!

Cons

Jack Safer himself and Martin Handler These men took over the company a few years back and promised to make many changes that haven't even been close to being true. They have a background in nursing homes, not childcare and even if you look up their reviews for their nursing homes, they are even as bad as their newly acquired childcare facility. There are academies in the Pittsburgh area that don't even have enough staff to stay open without the help of overworked and underpaid management in this area. The starting wages for a teacher with their bachelors is $11 a hr and the benefits are extremely expensive and useless. There are times that the "HR" department doesn't even return your calls or act like they care for you as they're all brainwashed into being scared of their jobs and truly just don't care for the workers aka peasants. There have been issues brought to Avery also who oversees the company and he continues to let the BS happen and let Jack and Martin destroy what education is left within the company.

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Pros

Room to grow Great staff Lots of training and experience

Cons

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4.0
17 Oct 2025
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Pros

My time there was neutral. I enjoyed myself alot there and I met a lot of kind good teachers and staff. I also met some not so good ones. I think that’s at any job. I worked there from 2011-2016.

Cons

There were some unprofessional teachers and staff there. At times we didn’t have the adequate coverage for shifts and breaks. No sort of compensation for the parents coming to pick up their children late.

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