West Virginia University reviews

Continual turnover of leadership at all levels. State benefits continue to erode and few options are emerging for new state revenues. Bigger budget cuts are coming. The University budget is dependent upon out of state student tuition and tuition increases are reaching a tipping point. WVU remains a paper dependent administrative system. The human resources department values negative reinforcement and is not responsive to the general employee concerns. There is no correlation between performance reviews and pay. Local housing costs are out of control. Family parks and recreation opportunities are limited. The city and county infrastructure remains stuck in the 1960's- propeller airline, no zoning, lots of stoplights, busy roads, high rate of traffic accidents, no sidewalk system, confusing and limited public transportation and very limited planned green space.

The on-boarding process was lackluster with a lack of training and structure. Procedures for various tasks and processes were almost nonexistent. Management of change was clearly lacking. At WVU, you will have to pay to park in University parking lots as an employee. Almost certainly, most or all corporations see something like parking as a cost of doing business and NOT a stream of revenue – especially from the employees of the company. But that isn’t the case at WVU. In my role, the possibility of advancement is essentially non-existent. I would have to apply for another role within WVU to advance – there are no promotions within one’s existing role even for the best performer. The performance evaluation process is almost nonexistent. There are no specific goals that are set and the evaluation almost seems like an afterthought. It just isn’t emphasized. Don’t expect cost of living increases in this environment of high inflation or even regular raises for high performers. Pay is considerably below market with no bonus structure. Overall, it’s easy to see why WVU has problems with turnover and retaining talent. They just aren’t competitive in the current employment market. WVU is in decline with serious financial difficulties including a large budget deficit. This makes prospects for improvement even less likely.