Great if you're full time, horrible if part time. - Library Assistant Penn State Employee Review

2.0
Feb 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Working with the students is great and very satisfying, you really feel like you are making a difference to them by working here. There are a lot of varied job opportunities for faculty and staff.

Cons

As a part time worker, they love to claim advancement from within is common but I've found that if you want a full time job here you're much better off being from outside because they never promote from within. Leadership, especially managerial and supervisory level is poor at best and there's a culture that encourages no change from within. There is very definite discrimination against the part time people. There are no benefits at all for the part time workers, not even a discount for classes which I've never experienced at a college before.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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