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Hamline University reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(99 total reviews)

Fayneese Miller

44% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Compensation and benefits

Hamline University has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 99 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hamline University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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99 reviews
3.0
Sep 9, 2015

Pros and Cons of working at Hamline University

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Pros

The staff, faculty, and students at Hamline are collegial and motivated. I enjoyed my time at Hamline immensely. My job was eliminated in 2012 during a period of financial instability at the institution.

Cons

The administration did not seem interested in ensuring that the institution's infrastructure was adequate given student needs. The institution also has a history of financial instability.

3.0
Jan 22, 2015

This was a good place to work because of the coworkers.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I had a good boss and the coworkers were great to work with. Working a students everyday was also a unique opportunity.

Cons

The lack of upper management involvement and recognition from the director levels at a relatively small operation made this job frustrating at times.

3.0
Nov 26, 2013

Wild, Wild West

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you can last for a year and a half, you can take four credits per semester tuition free, but that is likely to change in the future. You used to be able to take credits for free from day one. If the course is during the work day, good luck getting your supervisor to give you permission to attend. Each department has a lot of autonomy, so you don't really need to worry as much about spending money on coffee and your department can run things contrary to the rest of the university, if it pleases. You will also be punished (or not punished) departmentally for infractions.

Cons

Undergraduate admissions is a *hit show. If your position interacts with undergraduate admissions, set your goals low to ensure you won't be very disappointed when even those basic expectations aren't met. Human resources is a *hit show. Good luck trying to find written policy about many of the things that are important to you. Some things are there and some things aren't written down. Since departments are so autonomous, less work gets done across the university and you have to battle with getting things done across departmental lines. Be wary of undocumented "certificate courses" from School of Education, which went undocumented by this university's registrar.

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