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Adjunct Faculty Trap - Anonymous employee Portland Community College Employee Review

4.0
May 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are better relative to other institutions' treatment of part time faculty (but that really isn't saying much). Supportive learning community overall.

Cons

You essentially only get paid for the actual time you are in the classroom but if you start to become part of the community you get pulled into many different group's including the discipline-specific Subject Area Committees. Your work there is rarely compensated but becomes expected...especially if you hope to become full time (which is pretty rare). When the college creates full time positions, it conducts them as national searches without any priority/interest given to the part timers who have been giving their all to build the college up.

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Cons

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Pros

The people. PCC hires many wonderful, talented, well-meaning people who really care about their community. Other pros include, flexibility like being able to choose your own schedule, and trust in hired employees to do their work on their terms.

Cons

Major con is how messy the entire college seems to be. Massive lack in any semblance of effective communication. Nobody seems to know whats going on and everyone is almost always on a different page. Company structure is always changing and people are never notified in an organized or timely manner. Everyone seems spread too thin regardless of what position they are in and nobody seems to have the time to get on the same page. Layoffs seem to be commonly caused by lack of planning and communication. Onboarding was practically nonexistent and as a new employee i basically had to figure out everything on my own without any guidance.

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