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Best thing
Kind staff , good management
Worst thing
Higher management don’t see how it really is
Busy Bees Nursery assistant, January 2023
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Best thing
getting to know the children and seeing their development
Worst thing
rude staff, favouritism between staff (some staff get longer breaks if they are “liked more”), 30 minute breaks, not considerate about disabilities
Busy Bees Nursery nurse, January 2023
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Best thing
Not working weekends
Worst thing
Stress
Over ratios
Setting up
Talking to parents
No given all breaksBusy Bees Employee, January 2023
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Best thing
Working with children and seeing the children develop
Worst thing
Being paid wrong, rota changes last minute and bullying within the workplace because of being different and not like anyone else.
Busy Bees Early years practitioner, December 2022
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Best thing
The staff I work with, discount on child care, children I look after
Worst thing
Too much paper work, can't book holiday I want, no enough work home balance
Busy Bees Early years practitioner, November 2022
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Best thing
Seeing children progress
Building bonds with childrenWorst thing
Over workerd
Room over populated
Expected to stay after your shift if you can't get out due to ratio
sometime your shift ends at 4:30 but you can't get out till 5:30
no staff supportBusy Bees Early years practitioner, November 2022
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Best thing
Looking after the children
Worst thing
Managment
Busy Bees Early years practitioner, November 2022
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Best thing
Working with the children and watching them grow.
Worst thing
They have absolutely no understanding or care in regards to mental health or family problems.
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, November 2022
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Best thing
My team I work with
Worst thing
Not enough time to get the written work done and not getting sick pay
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, October 2022
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Best thing
Some of the staff are really lovely and friendly.
Worst thing
Understaffed.
Poor management.
Undisciplined children.
Having to stay late.
Poor infection control.Busy Bees Nursery nurse, September 2022
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Worst thing
Understaffed underpaid overworked and clicky
Busy Bees Employee, September 2022
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Best thing
Working with children, giving each and every child the best start in life. Also preparing them for school
Worst thing
Long shifts
The staff can be rude
Not much support from the managersBusy Bees Early years practitioner, August 2022
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Best thing
The children and seeing them thrive knowing you’ve played a part in their development
Worst thing
Pay
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, August 2022
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Best thing
Watching the children grow and learn. Helping them to become good people and really feeling like you are helping them Academically, socially and physically
Worst thing
The lack of respect from the managers, the lack of communication between the staff and managers. The lack of the managers hiring qualified staff. Not being helped in anyway. Getting consistently punished for being sick, by doing the long shifts all week instead of splitting them between. Being gossiped about in the office by managers to other members of staff
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, August 2022
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Best thing
Each day is different, the children and staff make the job bearable.
Worst thing
Not having a proper break unpaid hour but only take 40mins.
Extra work, which is impossible to do done in your shift and supervise children.Busy Bees Employee, August 2022
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Best thing
Seeing the children develop
Worst thing
Lack of praise and support
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, August 2022
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Best thing
The team, staff discount
Worst thing
Overworked, not enough support, no understanding of mental health / wellbeing, low staff morale
Busy Bees Employee, August 2022
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Best thing
We all get on
Worst thing
People don’t do there job let others do the work for them
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, July 2022
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Best thing
Seeing the children happy and watching their confidence grow.
Worst thing
Sometimes feeling overworked
Half an hour lunch breakBusy Bees Early years practitioner, July 2022
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Best thing
The children
Worst thing
Having to actually be in the building full of toxic people and hating my life
Busy Bees Nursery nurse, July 2022
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Best thing
Seeing children develop
Worst thing
Job don't allow for your full dinner time due to ratios plus You never finish your shift on time.
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, July 2022
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Best thing
The children
Worst thing
Some staff, horrible and rude to everyone. Management doesn’t do anything. I have a set room with key children and I am never based in that room
Busy Bees Nursery nurse, July 2022
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Best thing
The children
The staffWorst thing
Management
Head officeBusy Bees Early years practitioner, June 2022
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Best thing
Helping children grow, getting to know children and parents
Worst thing
Working too much overtime and not having a day off in week
Also not able to have the holiday off or not knowing if you can get holiday off
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, May 2022
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Best thing
Getting to know the children and watching them grow
Worst thing
Pay and long shifts
Busy Bees Employee, May 2022
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Best thing
It’s my dream career
Worst thing
Emotionally draining
Busy Bees Early years practitioner, March 2022
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Best thing
Working with children
Worst thing
Horrible staff , shifts are not spread fairly , hostile environment
Busy Bees Employee, February 2022
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Best thing
The hours are good and the day goes quick
Worst thing
Relied on for stuff you shouldn't always be and short staffed
Busy Bees Nursery assistant, February 2022
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Best thing
Free training to NVQ levels 2 and above. Mon to Fri working, 8-5 working hours.
Worst thing
Extremely inefficient area managers who are very rude, and have no idea of what goes on.
Busy Bees Head chef, December 2021
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Best thing
Free lunch
Worst thing
They don’t care about anyone. They always break ratio with the children, management made an apprentice clean outside the nursery. Head office and managers above do not care about anyone at all
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, December 2021
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Best thing
Seeing little personalities grow and develop overtime.
Worst thing
Support from other staff members and a lack of support regarding all the paperwork and extra things that the company demands staff do.
Busy Bees Employee, July 2021
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Best thing
Over worked, underpaid understaffed. Manager doesn't care about staff emotional and mental health.
Worst thing
Paperwork, overtakes looking after children.
Busy Bees Employee, July 2021
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Best thing
People I work with
Worst thing
Work load
Busy Bees Nursery nurse, March 2021
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Best thing
Very rare weekend work, shift work, watching children develop
Worst thing
Long hours, short breaks, low pay
Busy Bees Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
The children.
Worst thing
Management, paperwork, unpaid overtime.
Busy Bees Nursery assistant, March 2021
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Best thing
Seeing children progress and develop
Worst thing
Being treat like a number
Incredibly low pay, minimum wageBusy Bees Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
Working with the children. Teaching them and the relationship I have with them.
Worst thing
The responsibility of health and safety
Busy Bees Senior room manager, March 2021
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Best thing
Most staff are nice and friendly
Busy Bees Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
Watching the children progress
Helping familiesWorst thing
Crazy rules
Constantly being told to improveBusy Bees Nursery nurse, February 2021
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Best thing
Love the children and parents, get along with my team
Worst thing
Long hours, poor pay, head office is a joke not enough money to give staff that work in nurseries a pay rise but then staff that works in head office gets a new company car..
Busy Bees Employee, February 2021
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Best thing
Working with young children
Worst thing
Long hours
Busy Bees Senior Room Manager, January 2021
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Best thing
Watching the children progress and watching them go home at the end of the day
Busy Bees Nursery practitioner, January 2021
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Best thing
Working with children and flexible hours to work round my family
Worst thing
To much paper work
Busy Bees Early years practitioner, December 2020
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Best thing
Looking after little babies is amazing, you do everything you can to teach them and help them grow.
Worst thing
It's hard work sometimes no team work in certain times
Busy Bees Room leader, December 2020
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Best thing
Seeing the children learn new things and knowing you helped them learn it.
I’ve made some really great friends.
I have a good bond with the children even though they won’t remember me.Worst thing
The pay!
The lack of incentive to work there.
The bitchyness.Busy Bees Room leader, November 2020
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Best thing
Lovely staff members, get bank Holidays and weekends off
Worst thing
Can be crazy at times
Busy Bees Relief, November 2020
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Best thing
Children
Worst thing
How long is a piece of string
Busy Bees Dogs Body, November 2020
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Best thing
Working with the children
Worst thing
Management
Busy Bees Nursery nurse, October 2020
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Best thing
The end of my shift and the kids
Worst thing
Start of my shift
Busy Bees Child development officer, October 2020
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Best thing
Working with children
Worst thing
The company and mangement
Busy Bees QEYE, August 2020