Worth it for the benefits - Administrative Assistant, III Texas State Employee Review

3.0
Dec 15, 2024
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Pros

Excellent benefits and chances for job growth across a large campus

Cons

Has expanded its student base rapidly over the last few years as a way of bringing in more money, but neglects to really build on the infrastructure (more classrooms, more faculty, more staff), or to raise salaries to accommodate rising costs and workload. The result is nearly all the faculty and staff is stressed out and overworked, there are fights over teaching spaces since there aren’t enough to accommodate the literally thousands of students added per year, and most people are still making about what they did 5 years ago for the effort. The turnover rate for staff and faculty is becoming outrageous. Oh, and you have to pay (and fight) for your own parking. And despite the lack of work space and parking, there are very few remote opportunities for staff.

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Great mentors and wonderful place to work, learn and grow.

Cons

There is a visible limit to how much you can grow

1.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

- you get to say you work for a university - they are inclusive i guess

Cons

Make no mistake: they do not care about you. You can give them 10 years of your life and they can dissolve your 'contract' on a whim. You will be working outside your contract ~1 month/year if you want to actually do your job. The benefits package is worthless, there aren't even any doctors in network within a 50 mile radius except some holistic practice and one guy with awful reviews. Most people you work with will be incompetent (many of the teaching faculty), and if you are good at your job you will wind up doing theirs too.

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