I should have left that cult earlier - Senior English Teacher LCentral Employee Review

Where to start. HQ are a shitshow and have zero respect for their staff. You can be teaching 5 classes plus parent teacher meets and assessments on a Saturday and Sunday with a 30 minute break. Cannot take leave termtime, only in term breaks when they push you to work. Overworked and not appreciated. If you take MC, there is no cover, you might have to work in term breaks to make up for missed classes. If you raise these concerns to HQ, you get an aggressive response and made to feel awful in front of everyone. They are always trying to think of 'new' ways to train the teachers but it patronising and so out of date. Zero career opportunities. You are just there to do your job and they don't see what you are actually capable of. There have been times when I have not been paid when I was on hospital leave, this is against the law. I have been asked to carry my leave forward to the next year, when I said no, they said I had to, also against the law. They decide on how things will go with zero consideration for their teachers, fellow human beings. I was there too long, it was not this bad at the beginning when we had difference management. It is purely down to your franchise owner, ours was HQ at the end. I was very stressed and suffered from anxiety due to Lcentral. I feel like I have escaped a cult. Best thing I did was leave there.