Working at Kumon North America

The kids are often friendly, and remind you of what it is you are working for.

The pay wasn't great, and you hardly got to know any of the coworkers there.

There is Free food for every break/holiday.

Friendly, Open and Flexible Schedule, the children, Kumon Method, constantly learning

Small space

The children learning!!!

It's a great company when times are good. The benefits are fair and the complementary meals are plentiful. But like most jobs, when times are tough, the cuts grow and grow, not to mention the extra meetings and pressure to perform and produce. The management appear to try to get people to quit so they don't have to lay you off. That toxic atmosphere makes going to work every day somewhat excruciating. By the time you are let go, you almost have a sense of relief. But not quite. They lost their true vision years ago during the 2011 layoffs and did it again after 2020. Not a great track record, but they may never see the error of their ways.

The pressure and inconsistency from management

Feeling part of a successful team and getting the well deserved recognition. The free meals/events were good for sure.

Communicating with other people all different ages.

Not as much creative space as I want.

convenient timings and relaxness.

I loved working with children and teaching them new things they never understood and seeing how much it meant to them for you to help them.

Due to COVID, I had to stop working there because it was considered a tutoring and nonessential educational facility.

I love working with kids and helping them gain knowledge and abilities that they didn’t have before you knew them and see their confidence grow as well as their knowledge.

Flexible hours

Spontaneity - changes happen all the time, you need to keep up with different things.

Able to get time off whenever asked

I do not directly work for Kumon North America, but I currently work for one of their Franchises which is Kumon of Fremont Centerville. I absolutely love working here because the employees are like a family here. Our Center Director is the sweetest person, she understands that most of us are High school and College students so she does not put any pressure on us to get everything finished in that one center day.

I love everything

Through this job I've gained the confidence of public speaking. Through this job I am required to give parent orientations almost every center day. I've also gained a lot of patience, because working with 3-7 year olds requires A LOT of patience!

My favorite part working for Kumon was the opportunity to work with kids. I really liked the environment as I was able to work individually with students while tutoring them.

There was nothing I did not like about working there, but the only issue was the timing of work. Kumon center was open from 3pm to 7pm, so it was during the middle of the day.

The interaction with the kids and the stimulating nature of grading work and tutoring math and reading across various levels of education.

The teaching and grading system could be better structured and those running the center could present better traits of professionalism when dealing with the students and their employees.

Flexible hours

I'm in Texas. Same about the tutoring, but I did do a lot of helping reading and counting with the junior kumon kids. Mine was in a fairly high class area so we were organized and most of the kids were ahead of their grade level. There were a few really bad ones. Like a high schooler doing fractions.

No, just means it's all correct :) I like Easter eggs though! We also did big check marks to mean all correct. It's so you can flip through the packet quickly and count up mistakes fast

Most of them were surprisingly happy as long as their kid was progressing. Also, I had 2 super asian bosses who didn't like when parents would talk to me and would corral them up before they got to me. However, there were a couple who would interrogate me if the student was doing as well as they thought they should be. But I was the "teacher" so most of them got mad at their kids rather than me. It was sad sometimes. I actually had more crying kids than crazy parents.