Georgetown University reviews

However, the work environment for many departments, including mine, was extremely toxic. There were multiple human resource, investigations happening, lawsuits, and retaliatory firing by leadership for those who spoke up. I once sat in the meeting where one of the leaders of our police department called the rest of the mostly minority officers “idiots”. I also had a “leader” sit me down and say that they could help me be “successful” with my career path at the University if I stayed in my job, at the time I was the only person left. They brought in contractors to try and lead the department and they were completely unqualified and had inappropriate connections to previous University employees. It was an absolute mess. My mental health was in shambles by the time I left. I met with HR several times, and expressed my concerns only for them to take a confidential conversation directly to leadership. I will never, ever, recommend this institution for work, School, or otherwise.

This university survives on a culture of fear and martyrdom. Little consideration for student outcomes or support services at the graduate level, emphasis on tuition dollars only and then zero budget transparency. Faculty harassment runs rampant and results in little to no disciplinary action. Impossible to find any form of reporting mechanism to begin with. Long-standing staff members have wielded their power unethically, "joking" about withholding promotions (and then following through with it). Unequal distribution of resources resulting in unequal student services & support, underpaid staff, in addition to redundancies in technology and processes across campus Reliance on "good will" and "doing it for the students"--- until this year (with a "generous" COL raise of 3% from pre-covid pay) staff haven't been given even a cost of living raise since 2018.