Genesis10’s Angelia Brekke Makes a Difference in Staffing
Great pay, horrible benefits. Need cheaper health insurance and an actual retirement program with matching. The work life balance is pretty bad as well. I'm working 50-60+ hour weeks because its my first time teaching the course. I REALLY hope that amount of work goes down because I'm burning out
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
We had to lay off instructors and associates, that is scary. I don't feel secure at this job at all even though I get really good feedback from students. Overall, I think the pay is ok, the benefits are horrible, the job itself is pretty good, pretty stressful, but definitely manageable.
What makes you most happy at work?
Interacting with our associates (students) and my colleagues/friends at work. I also love to teach so it's fun to do that.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Helpful attitudes, an environment where it's ok to not know something. We all understand the struggles of a teacher and help each other through it.
What are some of the best things about your team?
Very willing to help. Never make me feel stupid if I don't understand a concept. They encourage and support me when I need it. I very much appreciate the teacher spirit that is in all of them.
What makes you most happy at work?
Teaching fun/cool/interesting concepts and helping trainees/students to understand and accomplish their work. Getting good feedback from students is always an ego boost (: Also good feedback from managers is great too. But just having the feeling of helping others is great.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Figuring out how to give better benefits to their employees. There is no matching 401k and we pay the full premium for our health care plans. That is over $1000 a month and that delivers a pretty large hit to our salaries.
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They understand what it's like to be an instructor because my supervisor is one. They are patient with me when I don't/understand certain subjects. Always willing to help. They don't micromanage, they trust me to do my job. James is one of the best bosses I've ever had.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Great colleagues. The people on my same level, the ones I work with are great. I love my direct manager but everyone else, I'm not sure they care about us because of the non existence of good benefits. For what we pay for the health insurance, it hardly covers anything.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The salary is great. Everything else is pretty bad. The family insurance plan is $1000 a month and that is astronomically high. That makes a great salary an ok one. The internet reimbursement is great but having to print a check each month is annoying. No 401k matching, overall, not very good.
What are some of the best things about your team?
Everyone is willing to help, they are suffering with the no good benefits thing as well. They are just really kind hearted people who really care about the people they work with. I wish they were in charge of our benefits, they would be better if they were. They care about the normal worker.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I have been here for over a year now and there was never any talk about a performance raise. Besides my salary, there are no other benefits to the job. No matching 401k, no help paying the healthcare premiums, to be honest I have thought and may leave the company because of the no benefits.
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