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Let go without prior notice - Anonymous employee Arizona State University Employee Review

2.0
Nov 5, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Occasionally catered meeting has leftovers Skybar has free coffee for employees Experience working with startups

Cons

Well, I was hired as a student worker to assist another employee with their overflow of work. That employee left a few months later. In doing so, I took over their roles and responsibilities, but was still being paid as a student. There had been a mention of interviews being conducted to replace the former employee. In that case, I would still be doing what I was hired on to do—catch the overflow of work and aid in any way possible. In December of 2012, I was pulled into a colleague's cube where the transition of the replacement would be discussed. Then I was asked what day would be good as my last day because I was "only a temporary until they hired someone new." This was all false. I was never hired as a temp, nor was I told that I would no longer have a job. I even emailed the former employee, and she confirmed that I was not hired as a temporary.

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Cons

The "culture" in some non academic departments is incredibly toxic. Employees often see others as competitors and some will try to throw others under the bus to avoid being in trouble from senior leaders. It is slow to get any work done if you need upper admin approval and often time work that you have created and completed is thrown away and never looked at again. Personalities of some administrators is very fake and friendly, when they will cut you with no regard or thoughts. The senior administrators of ASU act in a cult like manner and tightly control many goals, works, etc. You will most often have little to no freedom to accomplish the goals that you know would be best for your department because you spend an inordinate amount of time on projects deemed important to senior leaders, that have little to no impact but padding a report for someone in Fulton. Culture is extremely toxic in many areas, and senior leaders refuse to listen to those serving and trying to provide feedback. There is heavy turnover in many areas, while adminstrators turn a blind eye to it and chalk it up to "normal" turnover. Many mid level managers end up sick, stressed, seeking new employment, or taking FMLA to try to deal with the stress and trauma. You will have little opportunity for advancement unless you move departments regularly, or by hunkering down to be a lackey. Routinely expect last minute requirements and expectations, budget cuts without notice, and little to no professional development or support. Depending on the area you may also deal with difficult students/parents who are not held accountable for their actions.

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