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Great Experience - Financial Analyst Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
22 Sept 2014
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Pros

Great benefits. Regardless of how demanding your job could be, management is very conscious of work/life balance. Even thought i did not work directly with students there was that feel good vibe working at an Ivy league school

Cons

Depending the size of the department you work for, opportunity of growth can be very limited. Some departments are just structure certain way, that do not leave any room to move up unless someone above you leaves.

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5.0
14 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great environment, interesting work, and smart colleagues. Tuition benefit is meaningful.

Cons

Raises are not based on performance and don’t meet cost of living raises so comp needs to be improved.

1.0
12 Jun 2026
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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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