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Bait-and-Switched after I was hired - Student IT Worker Columbia University Employee Review

1.0
8 Nov 2020
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Pros

I don't have anything positive to say.

Cons

CUIT initially told me that my work hours could be flexible. After I was hired, they told me they had a "sudden change" of plans, and I had to work a significantly increased number of hours a week, which became very difficult to manage with my schoolwork. CUIT had the audacity to fire me after telling me to come into work on a Saturday, when no one was in the office. I tried on multiple occasions to contact my supervisor, when, after a few hours of wasting my time, I finally got into contact with my supervisor only for him to tell me that no one was in the office in that day. I was fired a few days later. Yes, you read that correctly -- I was fired after CUIT wasted several hours of my time. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't the ideal employee and had my fair share of screwups, but I honestly had no reason to be an "ideal employee" given how deceptive CUIT was. In retrospect, I was happy to be fired from CUIT.

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Cons

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