Miami University Program Associate reviews

Miami University in general is not anywhere I would recommend anyone work, however. Getting raises is nearly impossible - you must participate in something called "job enrichment" and reach a set amount of points (by taking classes or reading material on things like how to become a better manager and taking tests on it, primarily) - but only every six months. The first time you complete your JE, you get a $550 bonus. The second time, another bonus. The third time is when you get your raise of $.55 in addition to a bonus. You will not get a bonus until you have gone through a year and a half, minimum. You also may not earn a raise higher than $2, so once you've done enough JE to hit that, they cap you out. It is impossible to be promoted and job searches are ridiculous - sometimes you will not even be contacted until months after your application and even interview. Even HR admits that the process is painfully slow. When I was offered my job, I had already accepted another offer and been working at that job for a month (I had had my interview at Miami two months prior, and applied another two months before that). The entire university cares much more about their salaried staff and spending too much money on things it does not need (millions sunk into building a new student center, millions in renovations to the old one to make it into essentially a Miami-themed mall). The culture is very toxic as a result and I, as well as other hourly staff, feel incredibly undervalued, overlooked, under-compensated, and underappreciated. The only reason I have stayed is because the rent in Oxford is cheap.