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Lots of vacation time, but can't afford to go anywhere - Web Developer Columbia University Employee Review

1.0
Aug 21, 2008
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Pros

Tuition remission has helped several of my coworkers get their master's, or their spouses, their bachelor's. The benefits are great and vacation time generous. Coworkers are really good people. You'll never be asked to work overtime.

Cons

The administration is very tight-fisted, and high performance is not rewarded, unless you are very astute politically. There is little interest in the final outcome of a project; rather, the meetings, emails, and tones of discussion around a project. There is little collaboration between groups, so the wheel may get reinvented many times over. There are some people who seem to have given up hope and just go through the motions. It is really just a company like any other, trying to maximize profits, but there is somehow an attitude that because it is a place of higher learning, employees should feel grateful to be there.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
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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
Jun 12, 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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