Unlimited opportunities... if you're in the right department - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Nov 16, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Heavy investment in professional development, lots of opportunity to work with really smart people, five weeks vacation, and generally a very family-friendly employer.

Cons

Positions "managed" by faculty, not staff or administrators, can be tough. If you're in the wrong department, your manager may be inept or a bully. HR does a lousy job of weeding out long-standing employees who are bad at their job. And if your incompetent boss is tenured faculty, fuggedaboudit.

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