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Grand Canyon University

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University counselor for 3 years - University Counselor-COE Education/Cross Vertical Grand Canyon University Employee Review

2.0
Aug 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, pay, work life balance

Cons

Culture is toxic, very unhappy employees, people overweight, lots of anxiety and depression. Treated as a number. No growth. Thankless company. Micromanaged. 150-200 dials a day to get maybe one or two people on the phone. You can go an entire week without talking to one person. Time away from desk is tracked anything over 6 minutes is unacceptable. Hard work and grind goes unnoticed. Once your in this position, you are stuck. Some RDOs are never to be seen but yet so quick to fire. You miss more than two months quota even just by one student, your on corrective action and micromanaged with fear of losing your job. Very easy to gain weight sitting at a cubicle all day. No fulfillment in this position. They sell you on “helping people find their purpose” yet they don’t care about your purpose you also in education sales, you are not a counselor! I could continue but I think you get the point. Not for the faint of heart.

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Grand Canyon University Response
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Thank you for your feedback. Grand Canyon Education (GCE) takes professional success, development and the health of our employees, seriously. We actively encourage our staff to make use of our open door policy and communicate with managers on a regular basis. This ensures that expectations and goals for professional growth, are mutually understood between employees and management. In addition to professional goals, GCE is proud to offer multiple health and wellness programs to our employees, as well as an onsite employee gym that offers free classes every day of the week. Please reach out to your HR representative for more information. If you feel that your concerns have not been fully addressed, please email feedback@gcu.edu so that your inquiry may be more fully addressed.

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