Pros
The work that Sylvan does is remarkable and helps students tremendously. It's rewarding to see the growth that students make, when they are committed to a program, and when parents are committed to the program as well. As a teacher it is nice to go in and just focus on teaching.
Cons
The Sylvan company is unfair to its employees. The range of pay between center directors and directors of education is absurd. Considering that it is an educational company you would think it would pay its educators more. Instead, the sales people are the ones rewarded even though they have nothing to do with the overall program. Its sad that the someone who gets a student enrolled is paid more than someone who looks at the progress, meets with families, teachers, and manages the day to day life. It is a company focused on sales and how much money they can make, and less about the students. The support needed is not provided. The teachers are not paid well, despite how expensive the programs themself are. Sylvan cares about how much money it can make and less about the students. It does not support its staff, and only provides negative feedback even when things are out of a persons control. The hours the staff work in order to scrape by is ridiculous, and they are not rewarded for this.