Florida State University reviews

First off it is very dangerous. Forbes magazine has rated Tallahassee as the 8th most dangerous city in the country. I worked at FSU for a year and a half and there were two shootings within two blocks of my office. Very low salaries and no opportunity for annual raises or bonuses. The managers have little to no training in HR, EEO, HIPPA laws, etc. so some of the behavior is appalling. The focus is on the football team beyond anything else so you have to become accustomed to bad press about the ethics of the organization. You have to pay for parking.

Football culture, ugh. Sleazy politicians at the top harming the many decent lower-level folks. A good provost, but variable deans, very variable chairs, and a criminally underfunded library. Very worrisome future horizons. Assessment wonk, a young and hyper-ambitious ed-school type, changed our good curriculum to an experimental nightmare. Far too much committee work and busy-service-work, but that varies by department. As a place to live, Tallahassee is difficult at best. "Cheap" is about the only good thing I can say. Two good restaurants in town. No real culture. Extreme heat and humidity most of the year; brief respite in January and February only. Every smart colleague I know is on the market; this is a chance for some big universities to cherry-pick some under-appreciated talent.