Pros
Foggy Bottom location is convenient to get to, and you can find little pockets of decency among the staff. The true highlight is of course, the students. GW students are intelligent, driven, passionate. I work in a department where I am able to really get to know our majors and minors and I feel so fortunate.
Cons
This is the messiest, least organized institution I have ever worked at, and there is a culture of casual disrespect and just plain meanness at every level. *It took almost a month before IT got me a computer. I've been here more than a year and I still don't have access to every system that I need to do my job properly. *There is a culture of public shaming among staff. If you privately email someone and say "oh, I need help with this, do you know what the next step is?" they will cc your boss on the reply saying "this isn't my job." *It takes months on end to pay vendors. It's shameful. * The pay is low, even by university standards. The benefits are truly bad -- the health insurance doesn't cover anything.
