Downward Spiral - Field Consultant Kumon Employee Review

3.0
4 Nov 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great and one of the main reasons people stay here. Switching to a more remote focus provides additional flexibility. The overall mission is excellent, and the other main reason people stay. The Kumon Program truly is great, and that really helps. It used to be an interesting job and felt meaningful, but that changes more everyday.

Cons

There has been constant downsizing and restructuring over the past year. The employees who are left are all super overworked. The program requires a lot of training so even if they hire to replace the additional staff who have left on their own, it will take a while to have true help - and the new “fully staffed” is still way understaffed. More responsibilities are given with fewer employees. It costs a lot more to hire and train new staff then to retain (especially with some of the abysmal salaries) and all these cuts are short sighted. The focus everywhere seems to be on cutting $$ and making more $$ even if it means cutting corners and having an inferior product.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible hours. Super helpful if you're a student

Cons

- None. Everyone I worked with were super nice.

2.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Contributing to an educational environment, work didn't require any prior experience.

Cons

Management consistently took in more kids than the employees had capacity for, which lead to a lot of crunch for what should have been a straightforward task. The amount of work we were required to do did not scale with the $8 an hour I was receiving.

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