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Reasonable pay but very disorganized, inefficient - Executive Associate George Washington University Employee Review

2.0
Sep 18, 2014
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Pros

The salary seemed reasonable and benefits were okay. If you are using the tuition assistance then it seemed worthwhile but many people seemed to leave right after they finished their degrees. Student Affairs and professors seemed passionate about what they did.

Cons

As a whole, GW felt inefficient and disorganized. Many employees seemed like they worked very little and were just biding their time. It would take months for things to get completed and I felt like I was always having to hassle people to follow through on things. There was also poor communication which made for an unpleasant atmosphere and general confusion.

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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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