Northwestern University reviews

Only 5 days of vacation after the first 6 months. 3 weeks of vacation only after you have been there a year. The director of my department had no background in IT and no background in management. No flexible hours. The culture of my department was horrific. The director has a prison mentality. Everyone that worked in that department was guilty until proven innocent. They did not know or follow established IT work flow or processes. Management does not promote free thinking. I experienced cronyism, sexism, racism, and discrimination from all managers I worked with.

On the outside looking in, Northwestern seemingly abounds with opportunity and appears well-intentioned in terms of promotional and compensatory fairness. However, if you look at the make-up of its senior management, administrators and supervisors, a different story emerges related to race. Again, the make-up doesn't appear to be intentional, but I have seen many qualified African-Americans passed over for promotion and many unqualified or inexperienced people hired in their place. Higher learning doesn't necessarily equate with a higher sense of fairness.