Pros
It offers great opportunity for advancement and is a good thing to do for 2-3 years to get experience on your resume. They do pay you for normal hours between teaching classes however, which is a plus. They give a large amount of sick/vacation time that pools each year as well. They give a great benefits package to even the lowest level of employees and have a good match rate for a 401k.
Cons
The management at my campus was atrocious. During my 2+ years at the company we went through 3 site directors. Each time the site director in charge tried several ways to get me fired for seemingly no reason. I ended up reporting each one to HR multiple times with no real action actually happening. HR was more than happy to meet with me and hear my concerns, but when it came to action, it seemed that the most they got was a slap on the wrist, until they finally got fired. If you're an instructor, forget about taking sick days/vacation days while your class is running. There is absolutely no support when it comes to finding coverage for your classes. You're encouraged to take all of your time off while you are between teaching classes. I was actually fired for taking too much time off from work while class was in session. (I was going through a period where I was getting sick every few weeks). I ended up taking roughly 6 sick days over the course of 3 months and wasn't given coverage for my classes for any of those days, so my class just wasn't held, which put us severely behind in terms of curriculum. I ended my time at Per Scholas with over 100 hours of sick time banked, which they encourage you to use while you are between classes, even though you can't really control when you actually need to use them; meanwhile, the management at my campus seemed to be taking vacations every few weeks. I was also the only remote instructor at my campus, which may be why I was encouraged to not use sick days as I was at home anyways. Over all, I would highly recommend staying away from this company as a whole. I have heard very bad things about other campuses as well. If you do apply, apply to the Remote Training Team, as during my time there, I had the best boss of my entire career. It seems that it is the one of the only teams at this company that is run coherently. Also, a lot of what Per Scholas advertises to the potential students is utter hogwash. I have been contacted by previous learners from my classes that I taught that said that after they completed their cohort they received no contact from Per Scholas at all. In Per Scholas' advertising they say that they give support to their graduate for up to 2 years after graduation. Also, the cohort I taught was advertised as leading to an internship/apprenticeship, although the entire time I worked there, their response for where those actually were was "we're working on it". This is all paired with the fact that they pay WELL below the industry standard for the same job title. I understand that it is a non-profit and they probably can't afford to pay the going rate for these positions, but it still seems terrible that they would pay as low as they do. an Instructional Assistant job goes for roughly $15/hr, which you literally make at most fast food restaurants, if not a higher wage. I was also blocked from getting a promotion by my superior for several months. He would tell me that he was waiting on a response from someone in the company, who I would then go to to ask, and they would always say that they were waiting on a response from him. I ended up getting fired just before the promotion was about to go through, which says a lot about the management at the company as well.