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Columbia University has good benefits - Director of Academic Administration and Finance Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
16 June 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and pension plan, nice to have gym and library on campus. Tuition Exemption, campus is pleasant. Working with students.

Cons

The bureaucracy has become cumbersome, most jobs involve being on a computer all day long every day, salaries are non-profit and the best people working at Columbia are tending to leave now. Working with professors can be difficult.

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Supportive staff and clear role requirements

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

The people in the trenches The students The passionate faculty

Cons

Leadership, their inefficiencies and poor decisions Very dysfunctional environment HR does whatever leadership tells them to do, including covering issues by "friends of the boss", This favoritism approach also includes approvals for who gets to work from out of state even when the position can be easily filled by local workers and the creation of new jobs for those that are chosen. Very poor financial decisions. Big big pay on top, Low pay on bottom. Very little room for growth unless someone likes you and you are the right color.

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