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Unpleasant Work Environment w/ Micro-Managing DO NOT WORK HERE (Registrar's Office) - Student Services Representative George Washington University Employee Review

2.0
Jul 15, 2014
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Pros

The employee benefits are great, with very low tuition if you plan to attend school, along with medical, vision, eye, and dental. The only catch is that the degree that you are pursuing must be related to your position, or you will have to cover the costs of taxes, which can add up and are taken out of your check.

Cons

The leadership and management in this position want people who take orders and are submissive to the demands of a tyrannical supervisor. Micro managing is a true understatement in this position at GW. Not to mention, important or beneficial information is withheld from employees until after the fact. The lack of communication and treatment of employees under the conditions that I've mentioned are what make this place an absolute NO if you are looking for employment within the Registrar's Office.

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Cons

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Pros

1) Tuition Remission is nice and adds a lot to the implicit salary. 2) Work-life balance is typically fairly good. Rarely are you pushing more than 45 hours a week. 3) Depending on your supervisor, you may get decent managering responsibilities quickly.

Cons

1) The pay at GW is significantly below market, especially for quantitative researchers. They try to make up for it with tuition remission but at some point, it isn't worth it. 2) The only way to push one's salary up is to switch jobs within GWU. The annual raise is 2.5%. Managers are able to petition HR to raise it higher but I have never heard of anyone receiving more than 5% and promotions are very rare, even among good managers. 3) Not great for quantitative researchers -- managers are typically more qualitative and thus aren't great at supervision. 4) HR and administration is super slow and often times gets in the way of an efficient office.

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