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Don't do it - Senior Secretary Columbia University Employee Review

1.0
7 July 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I couldn't really think of any other than I guess experience.

Cons

They prefer to give too much work to one or two people and blame them all the time than to hire extra help. Very few people are happy and the only ones that maybe are the higher-ups who are making the actual money. They treat the rest of us as if we are dirt while we do a significant amount of work that are real assets to the entire hospital.

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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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