"Go it alone" work environment - Supervisor George Washington University Employee Review

The university does not encourage a culture of collaboration. Put differently, it is robust with information silos and unresponsive departments that create slow and irregular workflow. You must often "go it alone" to teach yourself about a process or to navigate an abundance of red tape since no formal training offered. Having patience and an ability to work independently is a must since getting help from outside your own department is disappointingly difficult. Many business processes and workflow software are surprisingly dated and inefficient.