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Be Careful What Department You Work For - Program Coordinator Columbia University Employee Review

3.0
Jul 8, 2023
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Pros

Good Benefits Prestige of Name

Cons

Depending on your department/office, the people you work with can be extremely arrogant, entitled, and overall just bad people (not everyone, but there are plenty of bad apples here) HR does NOT care about you as an employee and does NOT care about your mental health

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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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