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Unity Environmental University

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Unity Environmental University reviews

2.7

36% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)
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Melik Peter Khoury

34% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Unity Environmental University has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Unity Environmental University employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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58 reviews
2.0
Dec 26, 2021

Internal culture of competition

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Pros

- Staff and faculty are very passionate about the work they do. - Both locations are in beautiful parts of Maine. - Forward thinking president for higher education.

Cons

Business Units: Each business unit in the college is in competition with the other, which is detrimental to less successful areas. Currently there are three units in the college: online learning (most successful), in person (not doing well), and associate/professional certificates (newest). Each unit has their own budget everything including marketing, computer systems and general support, their own staff/faculty, their own admissions requirements and expectations. Communication between business units is actively discouraged, and sometimes not even allowed is you are lower on the totem pole. The complexity of this matrix structure makes no sense for a college of this size. This attitude of internal competition will lead to the eventual closure of the campus if that happens. The differences between the units is so extreme that you genuinely feel that you are siloed/isolated and working at different school. Internal Promotion/Turn over Very high turn over, especially in Distance Education recruitment, which is essentially working in a call center. Movement across business units is very, very difficult to do. And if you are in a struggling business unit promotions will not happen. Planning for change All changes that occur within the college, occur quickly without enough thought and planning put in place. The creation of an entire business unit was made without enough planning to see if it was viable for both the students and financial longevity. The president once said that they were planning on selling the campus, which has not happened but has created so much negative press and loss of faith within the college that we lost a significant amount of students. There is not enough planning across the college. Work life balance After covid they cut PTO time, and when we went back into the office, we were not allowed to WFH at all anymore. This might change in the future, but doubtful.

1.0
Jun 16, 2021

Laid off necessary employees

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Pros

Wonderful students to work with! Great faculty and co-workers. Comparable pay and benefits.

Cons

President lied to staff. Board members treated like gods, but made decisions based only on money, not the needs of students. Ignored student and faculty input. Staff worked hard to help support President's innovative ideas for the college, and we were rewarded by a decision for the college to go entirely hybrid/online, laying off 70 dedicated staff members without notice. They bought land and made poor investments, then laid off staff to balance the budget. They also allowed us to bank unused vacation time, but when they laid us off a month later, we lost all of those hours without compensation. The college used to be a great hands-on college for environmental programs, but you can't offer the same hands-on learning online. Not fair for staff or students. Don't trust them.

4.0
Oct 23, 2014
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Pros

Unity is great because the students are really engaged and the teachers are super dedicated. The community is very close-knit; nobody is anonymous. People like to get outdoors and do hands-on learning. The environmental mission is really motivating.

Cons

Work can really consume you there if you are faculty especially. Because it is small new opportunities don't come up often enough to make a promotion easy for staff. There is a lot of competition for resources.

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