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American University

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Low Pay, High Expectations, Poor Employee Retention - Advising American University Employee Review

1.0
Sep 5, 2021
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Pros

Great colleagues, good retirement matching, opportunities to get degrees.

Cons

Low pay, low yearly increases (approximately 1-3%), pay for parking, if the university falls on hard times, the first thing to be done is taking away retirement and yearly increases. The president never comes down from her house on the hill to support or simply say hello to those who help the university run smoothly. Upward mobility is rare. This place is a revolving door of employees.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Nice work environment, great coworkers, flexible schedules, good base pay, and great benefits if you decide to pursue graduate studies with the university while working for it.

Cons

The pay is barely higher than the position you are to oversee, which checks out as a student position.

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and great coworkers

Cons

Low pay University refuses to fire bad managers

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