Northwestern University reviews

Northwestern has grown worse for the wear in the time I was there. Aggressive, bloated and top heavy management insists on micromanaging to unreasonable levels. Speaking out against it will do you no good as you receive ZERO support from HR even in cases where a manager has blatantly harassed an employee. Furthermore, expect to be blackballed off the record, so that it makes it impossible for you to go anywhere else but out the door. Also, raises are non-existent and it doesn't matter how hard you try. Favoritism is quite apparent. Additionally, many positions have been downgraded and most program assistant job openings are temporary so they can avoid paying out benefits for as long as possible. If you're permanent and want to promote up to the next program level, but it's a temp position? Yeah, you guessed it. You have to quit and become a temp. So much for maintaining your service to the organization.

I started my position at NU with such high hopes. I grew up near campus and I was so excited when a role in a field I wanted to grow in came up. I worked hard for my and throughout my interview, and very much enjoyed the beginning of the position. Once I was brought on board, my new manager and peer were also hired, and I initially had some conflict with my new manager which seemed, on my end to resolve into a functioning working relationship. Throughout the time I worked there, there were definitely red flags. Other members were celebrated and I shown the bare minimum reciprocation. I only found out after my employment of the bullying I endured there and the horrible things they said about me, to other work colleagues and partners, behind my back. I built a program that they said I couldn’t handle. They would not recommend me for promotion. After I left, it collapsed within 6 weeks when they couldn’t put their money where their mouth was. It was so hurtful to learn that I worked hard for this center for 7 years and the whole time my two managers didn’t believe in me. In retrospect, they actively tried to keep me down. Well, proof is in the pudding; I left and am thriving at a position that pays double. When choosing to work at NU, avoid the small centers who preach goodwill.