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3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(149 total reviews)
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Donald J. Farish

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35% positive business outlook

Roger Williams University has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Roger Williams University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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149 reviews
2.0
Nov 15, 2015

Indifference

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Students on campus make coming to work enjoyable. I believe the President has good intentions and will guide the university to future success.

Cons

Not sure if it's all higher ed - but there is a lot of red tape here - seems like employees must abide by higherarchy. My office experienced very low morale. There is no compradore or support from upper management.

1.0
Jun 26, 2015

Former Employee

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beautiful location Good food Some nice people to work with

Cons

Upper management in constant political war Frozen tuition didn't address rising costs to support business side of campus Much turnover equals much turmoil, overworked staff

3.0
Jun 23, 2012
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Pros

Wonderful location on the water, very near Providence. Less than one hour to Boston, and Amtrak to NYC. Good pay, good benefits, heavy on study abroad opportunities for faculty. Very little shared office space, and you have good resources. Union shop. New President, new Provost, and a fairly new slightly diverse board of trustees.

Cons

Union shop, run by few old timers who control most processes at the faculty level. Back-stabbing, active sabotage, and under-the-table-favors. Inconstancy in policies from administration, and very ineffective deans in most of the schools. Assistant Deans are over paid and apparently have nothing to do. Other senior administration positions are entrenched with "RI politics" and are above the fray when their misdeeds find the light of day. Significant growing pains. New President is not popular and New Provost just hired. The University is trying to find a niche, but the place is fragmented. For every one producing faculty member there are five that sit back and do nothing, including not prepping for class. The school is expensive (45k a year) and caters to the massive amounts of helicopter parents, thus making grade inflation and "special allowance" done commonplace.

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