Wouldn't recommend it - Nursery Practitioner Busy Bees Childcare Employee Review

1.0
5 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro i can currently think of is some of the friendships formed. The job itself is a lovely job to have. Hard but lovely

Cons

Management at all levels in Scotland aren't interested in staff welfare. Multiple concerns have been raised and nothing done. The people raising the concerns are treated like a problem. Risk assesemts made for illnesses and then Management ignore the actual assement they made! Staff turnover high. No appreciation for the difficult days we have. Often left over ratio and have to break company procedure because of it. Manager couldnt care less. We are just money makers to them. Not people. Would highly advise against working for busy bees. It looks all glittery and gold from outside but when your in the it becomes clear that the 'show' was just put on at show around etc. Management actively take staff to the office and diagnose them! Also, forming a friendship with another team member is frowned upon. Additional needs chikdren not having there needs met. I could go on and on!

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5.0
2 Jul 2025
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Pros

great team work involved all around

Cons

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1.0
18 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

there was a coffee maker and they provided us snacks.

Cons

talked down to by management daily. ignored when calling for help, my room flooded and it took an hour to get the attention of the office. they won’t come for sick kids, clothes for kids, flooded rooms. they confiscate phones, and not to mention i was a full time employee bringing how 1600$ bi weekly and then they cut me to part time i was only bringing home 800-900$ bi weekly had to ask a church for help with eviction… i was told it would change and things would get better and that was just a lie, nothing changed, i still got evicted. kids are talked to like dogs by management, sometimes moved 3 or 4 times in and out of my room in one day. no one there seems to have any idea of how to run a small daycare and it’s not just me who sees it i know of at least 4 other people who left after i did. if you have kids run now, if you fall behind in payments even if you are employed and the only reason you can’t pay is cause you haven’t gotten hours they will deny you childcare tell you to figure it out and get a sitter just to be charged 200$ a week when your child was denied the care. i received pictures of my child standing like “christ the redeemer” they are not a religious school nor do i think making 4 year olds pretend to be dead on a cross is ok. i’ve seen teachers refuse children’s blankets because they don’t want to deal with accidents. i’ve been told to just do what they say because after all it’s “just checking boxes for them” there is also no warning for room moves, meetings, new friends, anything.

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