Kiddie Academy of Wilmington South Campus

Mercedez _{on Google}

Apr 2nd, 2024

I would like to mainly inform future employees as well as parents and potential future parents of the dysfunctional work culture of Kiddie Academy South campus. The main focus will be on the treatment of employees and how that can be effective towards the children and their parents. As their turnover rate is extremely high, you may question, is it the employees or is it management? Considering that there are cases of unpredictable employees, with a turn over rate as high as Kiddie Academys, my answer is management. I have witnessed second hand bullying from management in multiple incidents, as well as heard from other employees who are too job scared to come forward about uncomfortable situations that they have been put in due to management. I have seen an employee get yelled at to the point of tears and leaving over an issue that had nothing to do with that person. Another employee who had a child attending the facility had stated that they were made to stay at the job while their child carried a temperature of 102-103 degrees fahrenheit. There is also childish behavior that comes from management when giving notice that you are leaving the job, such as, throwing your printed notice away in the trash in front of you, or telling you how disappointed they are and you may never return back, and changing your hours and/or class abruptly. It is understood that people face these behaviors and unfairness at other jobs as well, does not mean they should not be held accountable. An employee had brought to management's attention that another employee had a vape which fell out of their pocket and a child had picked the vape up. Meanwhile the employee who was carrying the object, that is not allowed on premises, faces no consequences, the employee that brought it to their attention had eventually gotten fired. The logic made no sense to me either. Pointing out unfairness, there are reasonable rules which do not apply to everyone. No outside food or drink can be shown in the facility, we must have our own containers without any logos. That is fine, but why doesn't that rule apply to everyone, especially management? Now it has been stated from one of the administrators that they receive daily free lunches from their choosing of restaurants supported by the company. Well if we cant have outside food or drink showing, why can they shovel their faces with company bought food every day? Why can some employees walk out on their shift multiple times facing no consequences while others can't? Why are some employees allowed to call out and/or leave short notices for days off without any consequences while others cant? Lastly, the pay. The expectation of wanting an employee to do more work without any raises. When asking for a raise, their response is what more are you doing and so does everyone else. They expect some employees to do lesson planning which is considered Lead Teacher responsibilities while not raising their pay, while some employees are offered more pay. It was noted in an email that to become Lead Teacher you must take a class, of course that happens to not apply to everyone.

marcus womer _{on Google}

Mar 31st, 2024

Excellent place for kids to learn and grow

Elizabeth Griffin _{on Google}

Feb 26th, 2024

The staff is friendly and treats my children like family! The facilities are clean and well organized.One of the best facilities in wilmington!!!

Karlie Pointer _{on Google}

Feb 22nd, 2024

This establishment is extremely understaffed. Parents here are constantly telling me how theyre out of ratio when they drop their kids off at school in the morning. The administration is very unprofessional as well. Save yourself the migraine and avoid this poorly kept establishment.