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1.0
Jul 7, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

reasonable benefits, good work-life balance.

Cons

Management is completely inept. Because the best people go into the private sector where the pay is much better, the only people who work at Columbia are the left overs. There are more administrators than there are students, and the overall bureaucracy and incompetence is shocking for a university even of its size. While the students and professors may be among the best in the world, the support staff are the worst. Work there if you can't find any work elsewhere.

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5.0
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Pros

flexible work schedule and good pay

Cons

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3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

The work when I had it was amazing, I really appreciated it for what it gave me.

Cons

Unfortunately, with the change in management came zero transparency and rules for thee, not for me. It's led to really weird decisions.

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