anonymous
Illinois,#2UPDATE Employee
Sun, November 25, 2012
I also work for an Illinois Kindercare. We are allowed breaks. For the Smokers paid smoke breaks any time theywant. Our Director does have to push kids up and down due to being over ratio. We have alot of call offs then we are all over ratio. I believe this is true in all child care. Unless DCFS is coming or a Corporate Boss. We have not have a raise in 3yrs+ If I had it to do all over again I would not choose childcare for my profession. I think If Parents really wanted to know what goes on in every child care they would ask more questions,pop in at odd hours ,count kids in each class, hold center accountable to what they put in their information packs. But alas parents dont really want to know because if they did there would definetly be more being closed down because of what they do to children.
teenmom2
Phoenix,#3Author of original report
Sun, July 03, 2011
In my rebuttal agains KinderCare, I failed to mention that due to staffing shortages, I was unable to take any vacation or personal time for months. Over a 9-month period, I was able to take just two personal days. I was feeling stressed and burnt-out due to lack of time off and the center's inability to hire additional staff in a timely manner. I understood my limits and pleaded for time off from working 8 hour days with only brief potty breaks. As an employee, I left this company feeling totally depleted and used up. I will never work for a corporate-run child care business again. I am learning toward mom-and-pop operations or non-profit organizations.