Touro University reviews

Touro unfortunately chooses NOT to honor their Torah when it comes to "fairly paying workmen." The pay for most employees is abysmal. There are no remaining offsetting benefits to speak of. In past years it was a happy, friendly, collegial place to work where people felt as though they were part of a family. Six years ago the NYC Headquarters sent an attorney to the campus to create a more formal environment. His first act was to fire a director-level employee to the shock and horror of all 400 surviving employees. It was not going to be business as usual. Next, a new Provost started 5 years ago who has single-handedly removed the last vestiges of enjoyment and purposefulness from the campus. The organization refuses to obey their Torah and pay people fairly. They blather on about "social justice" while being embarrassingly stingy in the extreme with their lifeblood--their mid- and low-level employees (most of whom are on food stamps or other taxpayer-supported subsidy programs--many of whom are suffering great anxiety and depression from the oppression of being forced to live in poverty). They have a very top-down management style. They do not listen to employees, nor solicit their advice. It is "Their Way--or the Highway." Their remote HQ in NY seems to have a vendetta against this campus as they pay them far less than the other campuses even though this campus area has a cost of living notably higher than NYC and Henderson, NV (the other primary US-based Campus locations). Turnover, which a decade ago was very low is stunningly high since the new Provost started 5 years ago. One excellent director-level manager quit the day he was told his chain of command would change and he would report directly to the new Provost. Many managers are now forced to spend half their time recruiting & hiring suckers to replace those who have fainted and left due to the discouragement of living in poverty. Pretty much nearly every long-term employee has some offsetting reason they can afford to work for this incredibly stingy employer--such as a military (or other retirement), a high-income spouse, they have started social security, etc. The picayune over-emphasis of political correctness & woke policies are extremely aggravating to those over the age of 40 (who are the bulk of employees). I would caution anyone even remotely thinking about working at Touro to do a reality check. They are really lousy people to work for. They try very hard to NOT hire from within. That translates into an employer where upward mobility is simply not possible. Most people are just stuck in dead-end jobs, which is depressing. This is not a place where people experience career growth or upward mobility. Raises are almost NEVER given. One High-ranking employee (a former Registrar) told me one day that he had worked there for 13 years without ever getting a single raise! (and this was 9 years ago when raises were common in the general economy). On the day after he submitted his resignation, they offered him a $20k raise--still WAY below what he deserved as our campus registrar. He told them where they could stick their raise! When I told a Dean at the University about the registrar not getting a raise for 13 years, he told me he had not had a raise in 22 years! Seriously! These are really sick, miserly, and unappreciative people. The Dean in question has been highly beneficial to the institution. They treat him and many others like garbage! To what purpose? Over the last 2 years there have been a spate of lawsuits brought against the institution for gender and racial discrimination. This is beginning to cost them in the millions of dollars---money that SHOULD be put to the purpose of bringing employees out of poverty. Finally, one tactic they LOVE to use is to give someone a fancy title to motivate them to take on a position of someone who has left (typically--because so many have left) . But, they do NOT give a raise commensurate with the increased workload/responsibility/title. They just give the fancy title and the increased workload. They should be ashamed of themselves! The turnover rate has been historic and shocking--roughly 1/3 of all employees per year. This destroys the continuity of mission and programs. Total employment is down by roughly 25% in the last 3 years! A good business manager would identify this as a crisis of capability! The campus is failing its students and no longer offering the service levels or instructional quality due to huge gaps in well-trained & experienced employees (huge numbers of whom have left in disgust). Many jobs are rather complex, but all the expertise has walked out over low wages and a slave-labor environment. This is very negatively affecting the ability of the University to maintain its standards. The University was written up by the accrediting body 6 years ago as needing to address problems with compensation. They ignored this recommendation. In the next audit, they will be throwing students under the bus if they do not put the university on a mandatory action plan as a path to restore services & capabilities. The Torah begins with the story of the Jewish people being slaves to their Egyptian taskmasters. How amazing that the Jewish overlords at Touro do the same to their employees. You would think anyone familiar with the time of bondage in Egypt (Most Jewish people are) would ensure no such slavery environment would occur in their purview. However, this sadly and shockingly is NOT the case.

Don't feel as connected to rest of the university/campuses