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Northwestern University

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I'm happy to be employed but wish my talents were more appreciated. - Project Coordinator Northwestern University Employee Review

2.0
Nov 20, 2008
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Pros

The longer you work here, the harder it is to get fired. The tuition reimbursement is really good for your children. This is most beneficial if you are faculty, since you are probably done with pursuing higher education. The work life balance is fair. If you have a decent supervisor, they will usually give you the time off that is needed. If you are a salaried employee, you get tons of sick days. I believe it's over 100 a year. These days will of course correspond to your short and long term disability. You must pay a monthly fee for these benefits, but it is quite small.

Cons

The salaries for a majority of the jobs are really bad. Longevity in the company is not appreciated at all. Employess are not given that much of a tuition discount at this university. Employees are not given any discounts at other schools. This is a real bummer because this university does not have a wide range of degrees to get. The career opportunities are quite limited. If you start off as a data person, you will most likely be forced to continue in this line of work because each time you try to transfer to a different job, they want experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

It's steady and stable money. Coworkers can be great, and benefits can be good**

Cons

They recently changed all of the benefits due to the government administration pulling federal funding. They changed from Blue Cross Blue Shield to United so the insurance is pretty bad now, with higher premiums and higher copays. You get a 90% discount on tuition, yet also about 97% of the graduate programs are when you'd be working during a 9-5. So it's nearly impossible to actually utilize your tuition discount. There were a lot of budget cuts, and 3% bonuses were one of the first to go. Your base pay is usually underpaid because it's higher education/nonprofit, and the 3% raise is barely enough to cover the rise of cost of living. So now it's underpaid, bad or unusable benefits, and low morale because there were also so many layoffs with the rest of the employees having to do the work of multiple people. Systems in the university are antiquated and it takes forever for anything to get done and most of it is trial and error. They say there is mobility, but it's only lateral if you're lucky. I've been here for two years and there's been such high turnover in senior management including the President that everything feels up in the air.

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