San Jose State Reviews

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very open and diverse environment, the campus is beautiful and the focus on innovation is wonderful. I love the willingness of the City of San Jose to partner with the SJSU and what they accomplish when they work together.

Cons – Limited personnel to provide services. Services and departments operate very independently; it can be difficult for unity and collaboration to occur between them. The walk from the parking garages to your actual office can be lengthy. :)

Advice to Senior Management – Permit a more flexible scheduling option

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Any student(anyone has a class registered ) can get a job in across campus

Cons – Payroll is way too slow

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great campus – You will love walking around the campus and appreciate it's beauty.. Friendly staff. Good people that you'll look forward to seeing on a daily basis.

Cons – Not much opportunity for advancement unless you're on some type of planning committee. Sometimes the homeless people that walk around campus can become a distraction/nuisance.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop the bureaucracy – There's too much waste when there are so many levels to go through when you need something done or fixed from upper management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Working with a diverse classroom

Cons – Salary too low - hard to get a full job

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at San Jose State part-time for less than a year

Pros – If you qualify for work-study, you get good pay for low-stress work.

Cons – Very little accountability
Not challenging enough

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great benefits and so far...job security.

Cons – No salary increases in years. Lack of respect for staff, because they focus on students and faculty. New job positions are "low-balling" the salaries.

Advice to Senior Management – Think if you can live on the salaries that you are offering.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at San Jose State part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Easy to go to class and work.

Cons – State budget cuts really cut down on classes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at San Jose State full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – People believe in the mission of providing higher education. High emphasis on technology, student services, removing unwanted red tape, communication and empowering people to find solutions (self service).

Cons – Motivation, story telling, engaging everyone (some people are always MIA), numerous changes in management, no salary raise in 5+ years

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Develop metrics for assessment based on results
2. Identify opportunities to engage over achievers
3. Less meetings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at San Jose State full-time

Pros – Great Benefits and fun environment to work.

Cons – Budget cuts made it difficult to do anything.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at San Jose State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of technology to play with.

Cons – Not a lot of mentoring.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend