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3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,504 total reviews)
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Brian Mueller

61% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Grand Canyon University has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,504 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Grand Canyon University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
May 31, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay. Good paid time off. Good people trying to make a living.

Cons

I was with GCU for over 6 years and was never in trouble or felt that my job was threatened until the last year or 2. The move has now become to feed the investors... period. Goals are given and then raised on a whim and corrective action is a daily threat. Make your numbers at all cost or be threatened daily. Counselor is 10% of the job the other 90% is enroll, enroll, enroll. There is no real advancement and once you start slipping you are done. Raises for higher paid employees are strictly capped. There is now a move to get rid of the highest paid by raising the goals and bringing in brand new 21 year old recent GCU grads to start at the lowest pay and to to make it look like the students can get jobs after graduation with their degree. Saw the writing on the wall and got out 3 months ago for a lower paying job, with a great culture, and never looked back. Think twice about this interview. You will not be able to get over the pressure after your first few probationary months.

2.0
Aug 2, 2015

enrollment counselor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge impact on the ground campus environment. Good community outreach and positive impact on the surrounding neighborhoods.

Cons

The online division is suffering tremendously. Management is scrambling to meet unrealistic growth projections. Ethical decisions are no longer being made. A tremendous amount of pressure for online counselors to enroll students, even at the risk of knowing the students will not be successful. This is a sales job and you are graded on the amount of enrollments you make each month. The inquiries provided to enrollment counselors are bad. Most inquiries didn't request info but are applying for jobs. We are still calling inquiries from 7 years ago. The culture is hit or miss. They try to be upbeat but there is definitely a hidden high pressure to the job. Turnover is high.

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