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Western Washington University reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(600 total reviews)

Sabah Randhawa

28% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Western Washington University has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 600 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Western Washington 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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600 reviews
2.0
Dec 10, 2020
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Pros

Beautiful local environment; pension plan; low expectations

Cons

Lack of vision, transparency, and leadership at mid to upper management; poor financial planning and grant-seeking leaves several programs and positions underfunded; systemic faults/lack of policy in crucial areas of service; lack of culture of scholarship; lackluster academics; poor student career outcomes; resistance to evidence-based decision-making; commitment to diversity poorly reflected in standards and best-practices; rampant information-technology-illiteracy; resistance to interoffice communication/siloing; poor strategic planning; underqualified personnel in key positions; unstaffed executive positions for years at a time

2.0
Feb 25, 2019
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Pros

- The Campus is beautiful, and the students are some of the most inspiring, creative, and adaptive young minds I've ever met - The President and Board share strategic plan and initiative which seem ambitious and could someday set a foundation for a world-class institution - Once you're in, you're in... almost to a fault

Cons

- Underwhelming faculty (mediocre research if any) - Severe lack of leadership throughout administrative levels - Resistance to technological adaptations and/or failure to standardize - Lack of evidence-based decision making - Institutional "Inbreeding" (Many people who work here, went here, in disciplines unrelated to their professional needs) - Poor H R Department Advocacy for Employee Health and Satisfaction - Severe lack of transparency - "Siloing" which leads to loss of productivity in student services - "We've always done it this way" attitude, despite evidence of inefficacy - Poor organization and management structures - Low Pay relative to cost-of-living - Job Duties often required outside of scope of employment contract - Myopic Vision from administrative leadership - High Staff Turnover

1.0
Feb 8, 2019

The worst

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is nothing good about working here

Cons

Most disfunctional university ever worked at Passive aggressive people Buildings and campus are falling apart due to Washington state tax structure

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