If you're looking for an IT staff position, stay away - Recensione dipendente - IT presso Penn State

2,0
4 ott 2017
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Probably the best employer in the area, which isn't saying much. Reasonable but declining benefits. If you are an outside hire you can bargain for a decent salary with a reasonable cost of living. Decent life/work balance. In general, coworkers are nice enough, some are excellent. Opportunity to support higher ed, which is a laudable activity. It is large enough that if you are in a different area you might have a totally different experience. Move around in the university if you land in a bad spot. It's also large enough that different professions deal with very different realities.

Svantaggi

Small raises. Declining benefits. Culture is caustic and toxic. Constant interim leadership positions. Expect to move your desk (or office if you are lucky enough to have one) more than once a year. Expect to reorg at least once a year. You will be reassigned to other organizations after your org is nuked and no longer exists. Nepotism is everywhere. Silver bullet mentality rules from above - They keep searching for that commercial product or practice that will fix things instead of involving staff in decision making processes, or even talking to staff to try and understand the root of problems. Terrible leadership. I mean REALLY bad. Various egos larger than the campus rule the place. Staff are treated as third class citizens by HR. Faculty have the faculty senate in shared governance to represent them. Students have an ombudsman and various governance to represent them. Staff have squat. Nada. No governance or neutral grievance resolution process.

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5,0
2 lug 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The PhD is paid and rewarding intellectually

Svantaggi

The PhD is mentally strenuous

5,0
27 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Svantaggi

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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