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Columbia University

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The bureaucracy at CU is disappointing. - Anonymous employee Columbia University Employee Review

2.0
16 Jul 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits package if you're a full-time staff member are great.

Cons

The bureaucracy at CU is not worth working there. So many loopholes and rules that were contradictory. Throughout the years so many adjunct professors confessed unable to make end meet since they do not pay a livable wage. Student workers were always striking for the same reasons. The department I worked for always micromanaged their employees so they had a high turnover rate. I wanted to stay because I enjoyed the work I was doing but I could not handle being dehumanized anymore.

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Cons

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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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