Fine work culture, bad pay - Development Coordinator Chapman University Employee Review

3.0
25 Mar 2026
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Pros

Work culture is nice most of the time. Beautiful campus and good benefits.

Cons

Pay is not competitive compared to other universities in the area (UCI). Internal promotion takes a long time. Don't expect it before 2-3 years in one position.

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5.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

Great job, great management, loved it. Great environment for a college student. I miss it!

Cons

Not many cons working here

1.0
9 June 2026
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Pros

They try to retain staff for many years and progressively promote from within. Their staff in the academics do care about student success and strive to help them graduate, however:

Cons

HR is a total dumpster. Useless. Unkind, Unprofessional and actively are trying to save a few dollars. All emails with HR has been unpleasant. I've stopped being any bit of courteous. Recently moving to in office 5 days without enough office spaces to force people to leave or quit. They want to save as money as possible. By hiring within they don't hire outside of personal friendships such as the entire executive cabinet. This allows for echo chamber and not fresh perspectives. One of the whitest campuses both in students and staff. Students are subpar. Very mentally unwell, complain about going to class and being docked attendance points for having colds or just skipping. I feel so bad for the professors that put up with the poor behavior. Some are overly privileged from wealth yet complain about the price of tuition. It's a private school and you chose it or it was the only school they got into (not UCLA or USC). You're not welcomed if you are not white, cisgender, or straight. People do not understand transgender and they don't care to be allies. Being canceled or politically empathetic is not a thing here for staff or students. Faculty are pretty interesting. Combination of scholarship and working in the field professionals. They are protected as faculty which can't say the same for staff. Staff should unionize just to make the administration nervous. Openly white supremacist driven.

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