great place if you're faculty, not so much if you're staff - Staff Assistant Duke University Employee Review

3.0
Jan 31, 2018
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Pros

Great benefits, flexibility depending on which department you work in, tuition benefits, job security, chances to transfer to other positions

Cons

employees are not paid what they are worth; combining too many jobs into one; staff know they are not valued and are viewed as easily replaceable and for cheaper; low morale; often have to leave your department to receive a promotion; because of the hierarchical management structure, those who can implement changes have no idea how bad it really is for staff because those that report to them are not reporting the truth; positions need to be reclassified because a lot of people are listed as staff assistants when they should at least be admin assistants

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