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
1.0
Oct 28, 2011

Worst place to work for horrible

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Pros

Nothing can say is the best reason for someone to work at Strayer other than just to get experience.

Cons

favorites are the ones to get promoted its not a matter of what you know its all about who you know and how much you can brown nose. the company will not fire employees that screw up audits and mess up students financial aid they are too scared of law suits and paying unemployment. just unorganized all the way down from Corporate to campus level the pay is not comparable at all to other universities. The company is all about money and numbers. They do not care about the student or the type of student they enroll its all about how many students they can get. They constantly raise tuition, but do not offer students any career services or scholarships to complete their education. No career services available to students. Directors play favorites they transfer people from campus to campus, when people are about to get fired another Director saves them---the employee either gets demoted and keeps the same salary just to go to another campus and screw up that department at that campus. There are Directors and managers that are not professional and do not know how to talk to students, employees or managers. The company is just all about numbers and meeting quota. The hours are not flexible. No work to life balance. No incentives or bonuses to employees that make goals or quotas.

2.0
Sep 27, 2011

A great mission with spotty implementation.

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Pros

Very good core mission - assisting adults in completing their education is a very inspiration goal. Unfortunately, the corporate culture is difficult and can be discouraging.

Cons

There is not a lot of opportunity for mobility except in lower level positions. It does not appear that Senior Management is welcoming many additional people into their ranks.

2.0
Sep 15, 2011

Money Hungry. Little Employee / Student Care.

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Pros

Benefits were decent. It's nice to help those who deserve being helped.

Cons

Work you until you bleed.

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