Not what was promised - Professor St. Olaf Employee Review

1.0
4 Feb 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is reasonable, some excellent colleagues, some truly bright and engaging students, a teaching load that is "good" for liberal arts colleges

Cons

An ethos of coddling certain students; location; lack of student. faculty, and staff diversity; lack of scholarly resources outside of the sciences; an exceptionalist narrative that celebrates parochialism; nepotism (comparatively high percentage of alumni on faculty)

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5.0
30 Sept 2025
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Pros

The environment at St Olaf is very Supportive, positive, and friendly.

Cons

The cons of working as a student is high competition for the on-campus positions since most of the Oles are very active

1.0
3 Jul 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Northfield is a cute little Christmas town.

Cons

Unless you were a alumni from St. Olaf College you are always going to be treated like an outsider. Management tends to promote alumni before qualified individuals. HR will try their best to help you but you will realize that they are also at the whims of this strange insider club. When you ask for help you won't get it. There's a wink wink work culture here that you are expected to be working 24/7.

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