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Assistant Director - Assistant Director Columbia University Employee Review

3.0
Sep 21, 2021
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Pros

The tuition exemption benefit is by far the best thing Columbia has to offer employees. The health benefits are good (by US standards), and the 21 vacation days + 3 personal days + unlimited sick days are a plus too. Depending on your manager, work/life balance is also good. I am rarely expected to work outside of normal business hours.

Cons

It is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get a promotion, much less a raise, at Columbia. HR will look for literally any loophole to disqualify a case for salary adjustment. If upward mobility and increasing your earning potential is important to you, I don't recommend Columbia as an employer. The business processes are also antiquated and frustratingly slow and unproductive.

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Pros

Unionized, generous salary for a postdoc

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

They have a lot of resources, the campus is pretty, the students are engaged

Cons

They censor your political speech, punish you for activism, and have been known to call the NYPD to commit police brutality on campus

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