Pros
The benefit package used to be above market but has slowly lost it's luster. It is almost impossible to be fired.
Cons
Salary increases based on factors unrelated to performance, such as personal relationships with supervisors. University policies are not followed by upper management and violating eithics and forcing employees to break the rules or be labeled as a trouble-maker when you speak up about violations. Job classifications are based on what pay is available in the budget, not what the employee actually does. Too often supervisors push their work off subordinates. Definately a place where poorly functioning employees are promoted to levels where they do not perform well; no capability to do the job or interest in self-improvement. The HR office's professional development courses do match their descriptions and are a waste of time and money for departments. Unfortunately your performance review is also based on how many of these wasteful courses an employee takes each year.
