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good benefits but certain managers create a very toxic work environment - Anonymous employee Yale University Employee Review

4.0
Oct 30, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

health insurance is unbeatable Contribute 5%, they match 10% pto/sick/flex equates to roughly 4-5 weeks a year, plus weeklong recess between Christmas and new year University managers collaborate with you for weekly coverage (appts, etc)

Cons

-there is no collaboration because two direct managers and it feels like the clinical team is stuck in the middle -one manager controls your schedule but does not communicate changes with your actual university manager -you are asked to change your schedule frequently via text and that text can come off hours or on weekends, there are no boundaries -some management is micromanaging, unapproachable, hostile and reactive which creates a toxic work environment. -they strive to leverage our clinical skills and send us to multiple facilities on the daily, but it takes away from our collaboration with the coordinators/PIs when we are assigned as leads for certain studies -fails to incorporate time needed for office work, instead will send you to another unit -parking is $180/month -benefits are based on percentile-meaning if you get a yearly merit increase, your monthly premiums on your health insurance will increase (wow)

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Cons

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Pros

The BBS Umbrella program is fantastic - allows people to switch between tracks (not the easiest, but the option for this flexibility is nice) and it houses many fantastic departments with strong support for their students and faculty. The Department of Cell Biology was amazing. Faculty mentors (not always, but way more often) felt like colleagues that listen to you and are "in the weeds" with you. Major shout out to the BCMM Holy Trinity (probably moved at this point to the new building) that fostered such a fun work environment and trustworthy mentorship. Note the "Con" below, but it is also important to mention that many of the faculty that I worked with were supportive of my (and others') pursuit of other career paths. Also, the ratings below reflect my opinions after the Union was put into place.

Cons

Both Yale and the academic departments could do a better job preparing their students for alternative career paths. The culture is still definitely leaning towards the academic route despite the increasingly fewer number of faculty positions available each year. There will seldomly be pushback to the pursuit of other career paths, but this pursuit has to be 100% innately driven for each candidate. In contrast, the culture externally influences people to naturally go the academic route.

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