Georgetown University reviews

I had a very interesting experience at Georgetown. I've noticed that it's not about what you know or how hard you are willing to work; but more so, about who you know and who you are friends with. However; I can say I learned a lot. This experience has really taught me about individuals and the way they interact with one another. I hope someone else gains the opportunity to come and work at Georgetown and leave it better than it was. I know there are positive people who can lead and turn Georgetown Medical Center around. I hate that the Medical center had such a negative reputation. I did everything I could to leave Georgetown better than I found it. I feel like I have gained all there is for me to gain, and it is now time for me to progress to a better situation.

Very little consistency between departments. My supervisor had very little regard for my actual job description, and along with needing to chip in with a number of tasks over my pay grade on short notice, I found myself running personal errands for my supervisor, helping with their Doctoral dissertation research and even had to type up their Dissertation cover page and work on citations. I was an Executive assistant for Student Affairs--- not this person's personal assistant. I felt that I could not refuse to work on these tasks without damaging my annual review and position in the office. The University charged much too much for parking (even though they have a garage) and a year of taking Metro was actually cheaper than paying for a year of parking. Problems within the department (when an employee was stealing, for instance) were not dealt with in a consistent way that clearly involved HR because the department wanted to keep the incident quiet from the students.