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Very disorganized and chaotic environment - Anonymous employee Kansas State University Employee Review

2.0
Nov 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The job paid the bills. Good retirement plan if you can last through the waiting period to receive the match. Good benefits. Great resume filler. Companies like to see past employment with large organizations.

Cons

There were more people in positions who shouldn't be than I've ever seen in any other organization. How can one effectively manage or oversee what one does not understand? You don't have to be a subject matter expert in all areas but at least have a foundational understanding of job responsibilities. Group think drove me insane. The "we've always done it this way" mentality coupled with no initiative to do more work than necessary was and probably still is costing the university a lot of money, which it did not have. People performed processes without understanding why they were doing them which led to a lot of passing on of bad or non-compliant processes. Team work was a joke, there was a lack of ownership and authority between departments, and succession planning was non existent. If you enjoy day to day chaos, no work life balance, silos, and lack of leadership, KSU is the place to be.

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- Management is reluctant to take input from suboordinates seriously, even when they are out in the field and face to face with prospects, parents, and the general public, - Management has unrealistic expectations given current political and social climate. They expect everything to remain the same, and do not acknowledge the challenges facing students entering into and trying to navigate higher education in the current socioeconomic/political system. - Unwillingness to negotiate or even discuss raises, regardless of experience or attainment of additional credentials. - Decieving "1 free class per semester" benefit. The class will not be free due to additional "fees" or mystery costs not covered by your employee benefit. Employees who would need to take classes online are often completely ineligible. - Blatant favoritism within departments. Some suboordinates are given special privileges (leaving early 2-3 days a week, refusing to/making excuses as to why they can't perform certain parts of their job and having management make excuses for them, being granted hybrid/wfh privileges while others are required to be in office 5 days a week, etc), while other coworkers are left to pick up their slack. - No reward for high performance (bonuses, raises, recognition, etc.), and a complete dismissal from leadership when a suboordinate asks to have an open and candid conversation, - A culture that drives away high performers due to lack of recognition, support, or valuable/tangible feedback. I was also witness to the director of a department swearing loudly in their office on several occasions while on Zoom, and conducting themselves in an unprofessional manner (yelling, swearing) during a one on one meeting with a suboordinate.

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