Flexibility, upward mobility, and impeccable organization - Lab Consultant Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Sep 9, 2014
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Pros

- The management at ITS understand that you're a college student. Inform them long in advance of an exam conflict or next-day assignment, and they'll be happy to let you off. - Getting promoted in Lab Consulting is always an option, if you want the extra commitment. A promotion really is a promotion, too; you become closer to the managers, and begin earning an extremely respectable hourly rate (for a college student). - The organization is held together via their Drupal site. Nearly everything is done through the website, and it keeps everything moving super smoothly.

Cons

- The management and supervisors can seem to take themselves too seriously. ITS manages the computer labs on campus, but often times it feels like being part of a military organization. For some, this might be bad. I didn't mind it so much.

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Pros

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Cons

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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