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Program Coordinator - Program Coordinator Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
6 Nov 2015
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Pros

Generous paid time off, decent benefits, 35 hour work week. Excitement of working at a prestigious university with so many opportunities to attend events, take classes, meet interesting people, and get involved in interesting work.

Cons

No paternity leave. Vulnerable to academic hierarchies: PhD = leadership, no PhD = support staff. Support/backstage processes not service oriented.

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Pros

The people in the trenches The students The passionate faculty

Cons

Leadership, their inefficiencies and poor decisions Very dysfunctional environment HR does whatever leadership tells them to do, including covering issues by "friends of the boss", This favoritism approach also includes approvals for who gets to work from out of state even when the position can be easily filled by local workers and the creation of new jobs for those that are chosen. Very poor financial decisions. Big big pay on top, Low pay on bottom. Very little room for growth unless someone likes you and you are the right color.

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