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Weigh your graduate options carefully - Graduate Teaching Assistant Tulane University Employee Review

2.0
Jul 20, 2024
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Pros

If you get the right professor, things go smoothly and most will try to work around your school schedule fairly. It's not terribly hard work either, and usually is manageable on top of school requirements. If you're lucky, your department will be a rare one that treats students and other faculty/staff well - ask multiple grad students for an honest review of the department.

Cons

Your department may ask you to do much more on top of your regular teaching duties, may ask for more hours than they are supposed to, and many departments will be dismissive or downright abusive of grad students/students in general. It's generally a toxic and elitist environment. If your academic department is one of the more toxic ones, you won't be able to make a formal complaint, because the departments are small enough for them to guess who lodged a complaint with HR and then you will be open to persecution. Lastly, much of the school will only grudgingly accommodate disabled students and faculty and you will have to insist on having your basic accommodations met over and over (even after you have been formally granted them).

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible time and working hours

Cons

Working hours are depending on team

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Many of the staff who I've interacted with at the University truly do want to make impactful changes whether in a student facing role or a business/operation role. The staff in the student facing roles really do try to assist students and make their lives as seamless as possible when needed. While not beneficial to me the ability to pursue a degree paid for by the school is a great perk.

Cons

There is often a lot of turnover in positions that are instrumental to having a university run smoothly due to an undervaluation of those staff members. In the same vain when these teams lose personnel much of their work is folded onto the remaining team members without any increase in pay or title. This in turn causes significant burnout and usually leads to even more turnover. There is also not really a clear path in growth for staff positions often people will move to another department within the university to see any potential growth.

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