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Chapman University

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Some good, but mostly bad - Marketing Department Employee Chapman University Employee Review

1.0
12 May 2017
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Pros

Beautiful campus and facilities are new!

Cons

Chapman is like a cult. If you don't fit in, they will push you out. This place has more drama than Hollywood. They believe strongly in the notion of "Chapman family", which means, they like to promote from within instead of hiring more experienced/knowledgeable professionals from the outside. So departments are often supervised by unqualified alumni who will never leave their jobs so you're forever stuck in your position and will never advance. Incompetence is rewarded here as long as you say yes to everything your supervisor tells you. Fortunately, I got out in time to find a better opportunity at a place that values innovation and skills over nepotism.

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Flexible working time, friendly supervisors

Cons

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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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