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4.2

69% would recommend to a friend

(677 total reviews)
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J. Michael Ortiz

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41% positive business outlook

Cal Poly Pomona has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 677 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cal Poly Pomona 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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677 reviews
3.0
Oct 22, 2015

Admissions and Outreach Office

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great to work with students...

Cons

Poor training and support lead to frustration when trying to do one's job.

3.0
May 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get a lot of exposure to the classic work environment, some coordinators, namely the Fitness and Operations coordinators, are supportive in helping you build your resume and giving you job experience; they let some student employees conduct interviews, write proposals and generally give them a lot of experience. Having said that, these tasks are usually restricted to higher ranking student staff, which brings up the point there is tons of room for upward mobility working for this facility. The lower tier jobs are either being a Fitness Attendant, Member Services Attendant or Adventures staff member which make $10/hr. Above that are AOPs, Assistant Operations Supervisors. They essentially run the facility and help keep it moving smoothly. Some AOP staff members have complained that they are given too much responsibility for the amount of pay they are given $12/hr, which is true. But ultimately, the job and leadership experience both of which look phenomenal on a resume are well worth the responsibility and little pay. Typically the coordinator who is the boss of the AOPs likes to hire new AOPs from already present staff, namely Member Services, but it is possible to be hired as an AOP upon initial hiring. Above AOPs are the student supervisors of Member Services and Fitness. These student supervisors report to the adult coordinators of that particular section (i.e. Fitness Coordinator, Member Services Coordinator). They monitor the student staff and make sure they are doing their jobs correctly, and report their findings to their assigned coordinator. They are also responsible for doing office work. They work around your student schedule; you give them your availability and they assign you shifts around it. You can work a maximum of $20/week. And you additionally get paid for attending staff meetings.

Cons

As previously stated, you are expected of a lot working at Campus Recreation and the pay to some may not seem fair. However, if you value gaining work experience, it is well worth it. When you first join Campus Recreation, there will likely be a staff wide meeting within the first few weeks of you getting hired and the coordinators are seemingly very welcoming and "family" oriented. This is mainly a ploy to increase worker morale. They ultimately do not really care about you. You are dispensable, there are hundreds of students that could take your job, and they know that. Most of the coordinators do not go out of their way to help you, and recently there has been a sudden influx of terminations and re-hires. To secure your position I recommend doing a lot of "sucking up", befriending your coordinator and supervisor, visiting their office to chat, ect.

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