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Michigan State University

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Good opportunity to learn new technologies, management is generally not good at leading, pay stinks. - Information Technologist II Michigan State University Employee Review

3.0
Nov 7, 2011
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Pros

There are a lot of people without a work ethic, so that makes it easy to stand out. I've had lots of opportunities to learn new things. There is easy flexibility to take time off. Benefits are fair or so-so for the technology field, and decent compared to most work places. Work environments range from old and yucky to very modern and spacious.

Cons

Have to join a union for $70/month, and pay parking for over $50/month. Salaries are low, and managers have little leeway to giving raises or promotions. What you start at for salary is what you'll be at for a long time. The way to increase it is to get promoted to a supervisor, then get switched back to technical worker, a process taking years.

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Cons

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Pros

The HPC facilities (HPCC, ICER) offer excellent access for research affiliates colpaborating with university researchers, with Slurm job scheduling and a well-managed site-specific wiki.

Cons

Annual account renewal can be a bit bureacratically clunky at times, and the Research Affiliate may have to coordinate with multiple departments and the associated PI if a system update breaks part of a legacy system.

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