Teach For America Employee Reviews
Out of 40 Teach For America employee reviews, 78% were positive. The remaining 22% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Teach For America improve their work culture.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Resilient and committed to the company mission.
They are hardworking and fun
Everyone works hard to achieve goals
The leadership team genuinely cares about employees, innovating to adapt to communities, and seeking feedback from the ground up.
Data driven, competent and altruistic.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
coordinating with the community to support teachers
There is a sick pervasive cult mindset. "TFAspeak" is an actual term used to described specific phrases adopted by many of the higher ups and those who have worked in the org for several years. On the national team, there's an insidious never-good-enough mentality where praise is minimal
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The compensation package is holistically great.
Dental and health insurance benefits
I have a full benefits package with medical and dental
Decent maternity leave, great dental. Overall, an average compensation package.
Fair compensation for the work involved.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
supposedly paid for "cost of labor" not "cost of living" which I've never heard of a company doing before. There are full-time employees making $10,000 below the poverty line of some cities.
Salary below market rate, anemic pay increases, no credible link between performance and rewards
What are some of the best things about your team?
There are smart, committed, creative, reflective and excellent people working for TFA at all levels.
We work collaboratively to help everyone
95% of meetings I attend are effective and worth my time
Like minded individuals interested in social justice and education.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
TFA has too many meetings.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
The desire to learn and do better over time.
Everyone greets everyone and is nice
My peers genuinely care about me as a person and the work we do. I have shared values with my team members.
Energetic and dynamic for the most part.
we are all working toward the same goal
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
There is a heavy amount of gossip and massive grapevine on the National Team
What did you like most about the interview process?
The interview process at TFA tends to be unnecessarily long and cumbersome.
I liked how they genuinely attempted to build a case for me with as much evidence as possible. They didn't just go through the routine. I felt heard.
Multiple modalities from writing to tasks to in person.
systematic, good communication and I felt like they know what they're looking for
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
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What makes you most happy at work?
Colleagues, flexibility, compensation package, and company mission.
I feel satisfied knowing the work I'm doing is in partnership with low-income communities, and the work we're doing is urgent, and necessary.
Knowing that my work makes an impact.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
not receptive to what the teachers need
TFA is a thing of the past. They are unable to innovate effectively and have made too many enemies.
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