Chess Wizards Reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)

Rob Brose

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Chess Wizards has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chess Wizards employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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59 reviews
1.0
13 Jan 2022

Worst team ever

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Pros

There are no pros, maybe only that it was remote work.

Cons

The management team would never recognize their mistakes, they always make new employees guilty of every single mistake even if it was made by the manager.

1.0
9 Nov 2021

Bait & switch

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They make it seem like it's $35-50 per hour. It's great if you love teaching chess to a bunch of children for very little pay.

Cons

The amount you get paid is per class. They do not pay extra for you to come early and setup or staying late to clean up or the time you spend in traffic to and from the school. Managers will side with schools 99% of the time if there's a problem. Policies and procedures keep changing, but instead of getting better, they just get more confusing and convoluted. We are still responsible for figuring it out. Most "wizards" work a couple classes per week. That's maybe $80/week for6 hours worth of work with a classroom full of elementary kids after a whole day of school.

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Chess Wizards Response
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We're sorry you feel that way! You are correct that our teaching assignments are paid per class, and most classes are an hour long. Because our programs are primarily offered after school, typically it's only possible to teach one class per day, and this position is very part-time - we wish we were able to offer our instructors more classes! During the scheduling process we try to match instructors with classes at schools that are closer to where they live, but this is not always an option. Including setup and cleanup, the average time commitment for a teaching assignment is between 1.25 and 1.5 hours, not including the commute to get to the school. Because of this, we offer a higher per-class rate of ~$50-$70 (depending on experience). We do offer reimbursement for travel times if an instructor accepts a class with a longer commute. Our instructors have the option of turning down offered assignments that are too far or don't work for their schedules. We recognize that the nature of the job schedule is unconventional, so we are careful to explain how things work during our interview, onboarding and training processes. For many of our instructors, this flexibility and limited time commitment is a big plus, allowing them to both teach with us and continue with regular engagements like college courses and another job. Students, schools and parents are our customers. If they share negative feedback about one of our classes, we investigate the problem, and work together with our instructors as a team on finding a solution. Based on your review, we will double check to make sure that the details of the job continue to be clearly communicated, on an organizational level. Thank you for your feedback!
1.0
11 Jun 2019

Not Good

Anonymous employee
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Pros

flexible schedule for instructors, decent pay per hour

Cons

gross disorganization, unstable work, terrible management, not enough hours, expected to arrive early to set up and stay late to clean unpaid

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