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Avoid Working Here - Research Scientist Saint Louis University Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2020
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Pros

The pros are very limited. You have some freedom of where you work, sometimes remotely and sometimes from a hammock on campus. Good benefits.

Cons

As someone who worked in first ITS and then another department. The university is terrible. The management is overall poor. They make promises and then pull it out from under you. I was promised I would earn more than I made as a contractor prior to becoming full time, but instead I earn much less. The management is constantly changing their minds about things so you always are playing catch up. They also love to micromanage everything. I was the SME for a very particular system on the campus and then they outsourced it to another contractor company. Their IT resources are mostly contracted through HCL and if you've ever worked with them before, they are a terrible company whose idea of good firewall rules is lock everything and fight tooth and nail to never unblock the needed traffic. The refuse to spend anything on their IT services and instead you deal with 15 year old hardware that you are expected to just simply make work for better or worse. Upper management does not listen to requests for a unified architecture and instead simply chooses to move everything to a new data center, as if that will fix the infrastructure problems that plague the university IT.

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Pros

Approach many companies and get insights about market. Everyone is chill and willing to guide you.

Cons

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2.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

The university offers a lot of opportunities that make the student experience very memorable, such as career treks, mock interviews, career fairs, and different engagement events and workshops.

Cons

Overall, the employee experience was challenging. The institution faced significant financial difficulties during my tenure, including recurring layoffs and no salary increases over a two-year period, which contributed to ongoing uncertainty and low morale. Leadership and communication were problematic particularly within my team. High turnover, limited transparency around staffing and role changes, workplace gossip, and unprofessional interpersonal dynamics. When a team loses more than 50% of its staff within a two-year span, it suggests deeper cultural and management issues that warrant attention. The physical work environment also presented challenges. Persistent heating and cooling problems resulted in office temperatures fluctuating dramatically from uncomfortably hot to excessively cold temperatures with little consistency from day to day. Lastly, compensation was a frequent concern among employees. Many staff members worked second jobs or actively sought opportunities elsewhere due to salaries that were not competitive with the market.

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