Great place if you enjoy small town America! - Administrative Support Assistant Penn State Employee Review

4.0
May 13, 2014
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Pros

Great work environment and good benefits. A large number of employees have worked here for 30+ years. Small University town makes commuting to work a breeze. Pennsylvanians are friendly. Employees voluntarily move to other departments every 4 to 5 years for a change of scene.

Cons

All processes seem to be cast in stone. This attitude discourages people from showing initiative. Too much bureaucracy. Trying to make an important decision quickly is never possible as everything of significance has to be run by a number of people. People are territorial about their work.

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Cons

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Pros

Decent Benefits, Nice Amounts of Time off

Cons

Staff are the lowest of the totem pole and you KNOW it. Pay not enough to live by yourself as a working adult in State College Area. Will waste your time if there's nothing to do by requiring you to sit there while faculty and admin get to "work from home" (they really don't) President Benepudi will probably give herself 2 more $1.5 million pay increases while you work there unable to afford a simple apartment by yourself.

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