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Overworked and Under Paid - Operations Specialist Virginia Commonwealth University Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2023
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Pros

The staff and coworkers are great!

Cons

Terrible managers who are rude, and act like you don't know what you're saying even if you're the one who trained them. No room for advancement as they would rather hire from the outside. No merits or benefits for performing your job well. Very minor pay increases, but not enough to really cover the cost or living (all while the President is making millions and getting increases). Employees are leaving quickly, and the remaining employees are being required to pick up the slack with no additional pay or reduction of other duties (they are also reprimanded if they start to fall behind even slightly despite the increased work load). The FA teams are very much overworked, under appreciated, and under paid.

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Cons

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Pros

They care about the employees. There are multiple efforts to support everyone, it is a welcoming environment, HR is very supportive.

Cons

VCU is incredibly bureaucratic and poorly ran. Things move slow, very slow. More slow than normal universities should. It isn't just "oh this is academia, things move slow." It's legitimate poor management across multiple levels of leadership.

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