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Institute for Creative Technologies

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Slow paced, slow to show results. Good place to retire. - Artist Institute for Creative Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2009
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Pros

Flexibility on work and deadlines. Awesome workshops that lets everyone share their knowledge. Lots of intelligent people! Awesome 401k and retirement plan. USC school perks. Great views and location.

Cons

Since all the income are produced via research documents, USC school funding, and government contracts, there tends to be a lot of slack in terms of work ethics. Everyone works just enough to support their research documents to get more funding. If you want to work on something more exciting as at artist or programmer, go elsewhere. If you want a 9-5 work hour days with a 2 hour lunch in between, this is a place for you.

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5.0
Oct 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Super flexible with work hours, they provide transportation to/from the office, lots of opportunities to work in different areas, attend talks, see the work of other project managers, ect. Overall you learn a lot & are exposed to a lot.

Cons

Bus schedules that take you to/from the office are far apart so you're kinda stuck there for longer than you're supposed to be

4.0
Jan 28, 2013
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

- Very interesting and engaging work/projects - Challenging and the opportunity to push the envelope - Great building - Good people - Good benefits - Many things (ie. HR, work hours, style, conduct) conforms to University rules - Great IT department

Cons

- Short-term contracts; low job security; project/funding dependent - Top heavy management style (ratio ranges from 1:5 to 1:1, and sometimes even 3:2) - No over-time - No room for growth - Many things (ie. HR, work hours, style, conduct) conforms to University rules - Many office bureaucracies - Facilities department hinders management's flexibility in space usage as well as cripples employees' work space freedom - Work pace fluctuates dramatically

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