employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

Elgin Community College

Is this your company?

Elgin Community College Reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(127 total reviews)
avatar

Peggy Heinrich

100% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Elgin Community College has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 127 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elgin Community College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

127 reviews
3.0
20 Dec 2014

Stalled growth and potential

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

In light of all the things that cause a great deal of stress, failure, infra-fighting, unhappiness, and delivering poor products, the college hangs on to old ways of doing business when jobs were secure, the school made money, employees were a caring community. The employees are in a state of perpetual denial, which actually makes it a nice environment for students. There are much worse places to work. ECC has, at the very least, its union contracts (unfortunately it desperately needs them).

Cons

#1 problem is lack of resources There are not enough qualified people in management Hiring process is a joke Personal and political agendas dominate—partly due to lack of upward mobility, and partly due to greedy upper management and those who have been there too long. You must be aggressive and take advantage of people to get anywhere. Inability to adapt and change to meet current needs/trends of students today (very common now in colleges) Poor quality control Systemic problems and errors remain unresolved Needs of employees are poorly addressed causing much angst. Siloed environment results in poor communication and extreme inefficiency (lots of waster here).

2.0
26 June 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Tuition reimbursement, benefits were outstanding and fridays off in the summer were wonderful.

Cons

No one gets fired for the most part in these union environments so the staff are crabby, territorial and set in their ways. People talk very harshly to each other and I felt like I worked with a lot of instability. It seems like no matter what the situation if you confront this behavior it will just get turned on you. Better to talk to no one and keep your head down....which is sad, not really my dream work environment.

4.0
10 Nov 2013

Overall, a good experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay, good hours, good benefits like vacation, extra college-breaks, childcare, challenging work in most areas, lots of good intentions, it is fun being involved in the education of young people and returning adult learners. Physical work environment is very nice. Technology is reliable and fairly modern. Focused on diversity. Faculty, Staff and Administration are all student focused most of the time.

Cons

Hiring process is painful. Onboarding process doesn't always include the training you might need. Some departments are overstaffed...some are understaffed. This can be a very political place so you do have to watch out for the climbers. Leadership doesn't often recognize the contributors versus the talkers and can act without facts at times. Definition of diversity is narrow during the hiring process.

Viewing 1 - 3 of 127 Reviews

Glassdoor has 137 Elgin Community College reviews submitted anonymously by Elgin Community College employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Elgin Community College is right for you.