Texas State Reviews

4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(1,319 total reviews)
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Kelly Damphousse

93% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Texas State has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,319 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Texas State employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
15 Dec 2024
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Pros

Excellent benefits and chances for job growth across a large campus

Cons

Has expanded its student base rapidly over the last few years as a way of bringing in more money, but neglects to really build on the infrastructure (more classrooms, more faculty, more staff), or to raise salaries to accommodate rising costs and workload. The result is nearly all the faculty and staff is stressed out and overworked, there are fights over teaching spaces since there aren’t enough to accommodate the literally thousands of students added per year, and most people are still making about what they did 5 years ago for the effort. The turnover rate for staff and faculty is becoming outrageous. Oh, and you have to pay (and fight) for your own parking. And despite the lack of work space and parking, there are very few remote opportunities for staff.

2.0
18 Jan 2016
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Pros

Flexible scheduling, two week Christmas break in addition to vacation. Co-workers were mostly awesome and hardworking. Working with students was a joy.

Cons

Per the President, there is not a career path for staff at Texas State as they are considered disposable. Staff salaries are low and capped so pay adjustments are not allowed once the cap is reached. Due to a gross discriminate class culture, many staff members are treated as second class citizens with few rights. Most of the academic offices are helmed by untrained, inexperienced faculty as Chairs, Deans and Directors who use their staff as scapegoats for their mistakes which can lead to dismissal, censure and/or lost raises. Inappropriate relationships with staff are commonplace. Many great administrative staff workers have left for other colleges due to the culture at Texas State. Benefits and health insurance have also been slashed.

3.0
26 Jul 2018

Depends on who you work for

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Pros

My immediate supervisor is excellent. Pay is decent for a small town and benefits are very good.

Cons

Some of the administrative directors are not qualified for their positions, but the powers that be have their heads stuck in the sand and it is really bringing down morale.

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