Very suffocating, corporate atmosphere where all are micromanaged. The hard workers are ignored and taken advantaged of and those who become a favorite pet by a superior or have leverage of some kind can be lazy and still be rewarded! More work for the hard worker and less work for the lazy worker. Having work ethics is not rewarded at all - if you have none, you'll do great here and would be a wonderful place to work towards retirement. It is definitely a "good ol' boys" mentality or work environment here. Very conservative. If you don't conform, you will not be successful. Creativity is stifled. The structure is sketchy at best. Policies change at any given moment and without much notice and this is company-wide as well as at the micro-level. You will find out only through word or mouth or if you happen to stumble upon it. The many programs/colleges and supporting departments are cliqueqy, where there seems to be little intercollegiate cooperation or teamwork. It is an "us" against "them" mentality. Yes, there is tremendous growth but there is no business sense going on here - before expanding or building a new vet school, why not strengthen and improve current infrastructure? It is true that new programs are given state-of-the-art equipment and technology, given full-time faculty and ample support staff while the more established programs are neglected and taken advantage of - such as raising student numbers to help fund new programs with the same number of faculty and staff - overworked and underpaid. They say they are non-profit, but everything is driven by quantity, not quality, which is just not ethical when churning out dentists, doctors, and other health professionals.
