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SMU (Southern Methodist University)

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Bain'd - Assistant Director SMU (Southern Methodist University) Employee Review

2.0
Jan 19, 2016
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Pros

It's a lovely campus and most of your coworkers are truly awesome.

Cons

Management here is odd at best. It's the only place I've ever been chewed out by HR for using my health benefits. They've been trying to downsize but they can't decide who to cut so there have been multiple rounds of layoffs. You also pretty much have to wait for someone to die to get a promotion. Benefits have been shrinking for a long time.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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