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Big egos - Program Coordinator Columbia University Employee Review

1.0
11 Aug 2024
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Pros

My supervisor (the assistant director), and the students.

Cons

The professors have huge egos and talk to office staff however they want or as if you’re below them/stupid because you don’t have a PhD…everyone in the office had at least a masters degree. The director and associate directors of the undergrad and graduate program would show up whenever they wanted and then leave early, but wanted myself and the assistant director in the office 5 days a week/8 hours a day. They’d complain about their commute and show up late without any regard for the commutes that myself and the assistant director were making to get there everyday. Made it incredibly difficult and would deny vacation or remote work days. The associate director was a tyrant and complained about micromanaging when there was no reason to. The work was always done. There was VERY little work to actually be done when they claimed that the office was a busy, vibrant space which made it even more ridiculous to require 5 days a week work. Especially in the summer! Not a soul walked in unless they needed to find another office or the bathroom. The most unprofessional office space I’ve ever seen. Slamming doors, throwing doors open, stomping, huffing and puffing, banging things in their personal office, accusing people of not doing something and then backtracking/acting fake nice after they were proved wrong. It was actually the worst place to work.

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