Strayer University reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(706 total reviews)
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Karl McDonnell

59% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Strayer University has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 706 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Strayer 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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706 reviews
2.0
Aug 29, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is wonderful, the benefits package is excellent, you can get your degree quickly, there is unlimited overtime.

Cons

Management is poor. Expectations are unclear and change on the drop of a dime. The criteria to move up doesn't make sense. Leadership is next to never on the floor with their people. Management lacks the competencies to lead, they are simply task completers. The Management team is promoted based off politics and who will be the most likely to agree blindly to what second tier management proposes without any level of critical thinking or care for unintended consequences to the students or employee moral. When feedback is asked for by employees, you have to pull teeth to get them to tell you what you can improve on. When feed back is finally given, it does not make sense and is often the same thing you were told you are amazing at last week. There is a culture of silence- there is a strong fear of retaliation. Leadership isn't respected and has a reputation among the teams to being incompetent, doing nothing, and not listening to their teams. If you value clear communication, clear expectations, growth, leadership vs. management, positive team culture, feeling heard, and feeling valued then keep looking. If you value stroking the right egos, if you are great at staying silent and keeping your opinions to yourself, if you are great at manipulating numbers and reporting, you will advance quickly. If you want a stable well paying job where you don't need to do much of anything to advance, this is the place for you,

2.0
Jul 24, 2018

Predatory environment

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with "some" good people.

Cons

Predatory value system is reflected in the working environment.

1.0
Oct 19, 2017

Too profit-driven

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well, my position is unique, so I fortunately have a lot of freedom to help the students, but that is not the case with most people who work here.

Cons

For starters they advertised the job as full-time, gave me a job offer as full-time, and a week before my start date (which, by the way was a moth after I had stopped my job search because I thought I was good to go) they changed it from a great full-time salary with benefits to like $13 an hour for 25 hours a week. So yeah, that's not so cool right there. The biggest con is that it is kinda like one of those places that just calls people and sells things. Really they are just selling diplomas and the whole culture is about "rah rah go sales!!" Of course, there are some people who genuinely care about the students' best interest, and if you work with them closely you can make an impact, but it is kind of like being a medic in a war you don't agree with.

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