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Supportive community and benefits, but toxic leadership - Anonymous Employee Barnard College Employee Review

2.0
11 June 2026
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Pros

Kind and supportive community of employees who started at Barnard prior to current administration. Good work life balance. Excellent vacation benefits. Other benefits have been great but health insurance much more expensive.

Cons

Leadership is toxic and cruel. Mass firings last year that has tanked morale and we haven’t fully recovered. Very high turnover. Senior management doesn’t seem to understand how things work or what everyone does. They try to come up with solutions to issues without asking for staff expertise. Very hierarchical. Feels less like a college and more like a corporation.

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Pros

Nice people, wanted me to succeed, great entry level option

Cons

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2.0
12 June 2026
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Pros

Great colleagues. The students, faculty, and staff were wonderful.

Cons

Leadership is toxic, cruel, and vindictive. It is a psychologically unsafe environment. A once vibrant community has been broken by terrible upper management. Senior staff doesn’t understand most staff functions at the college, has 0 strategy behind their decision, and are reactive to all problems that could have been avoided if they listened to staff. Turnover is high and morale is low. Workloads are unsustainable. Pay is poor. Benefits are slashed. Staffing is short. If you are considering working here— run.

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