Pros
PTO and benefits packages are great. You will meet incredibly dedicated and talented teammates, and you will grow close to them due to needing emotional and professional support because of an unrealistic workload and pervasive burnout.
Cons
There is a reason why there are constant PD roles posted on LinkedIn! High turnover due to unrealistic work load. Executive leadership is a mess. They have no clue what a day in the life is like, and have incredibly unrealistic travel demands. You will be told the job has local travel, and then you will spend most of the week in hotels. Parents or anyone with family obligations or pets cannot do this job. Managers will be empathetic, but have no power to make this job sustainable. Pay is too low for workload. Not only will you work 60-70 hours a week, you will also be required to track every single minute of the work you do. You will be micromanaged into burnout. Unlimited PTO sounds like a dream, but there are significant blackout periods on the calendar. And managers can and will deny any PTO if they need you to work. You will also be told there is room for career growth, but in reality they offer no pathways towards growing your career at the company. In fact, they treat PD Specialists as less than, and seem to think our feedback and constructive criticism is not important. Teachers often leave the classroom to get away from disrespectful leadership and the company only reinforces those toxic dynamics. They lied about their DEIB commitment as well, leaders are not interested in doing the work themselves, just their employees.
