Arizona State Reviews

Pros

secure job, lost of sick/vacation leave time

Cons

not the best benefits package but then again they are the same as everywhere else

Pros

Good work/life balance and benefits.

Cons

Tremendous incompetence among management echelon.

Pros

open minded, diversified culture, nice people

Cons

too hot, salary is low, not too many good professors

Advice to Senior Management

good

Pros

Tuition remission and flexible hours

Cons

Limited opportunities for advancement, lack of stability of employment

Pros

You are around people in the same age class as you all of the time and it is a chill environment

Cons

Things come in waves, they are dead some times and booming in others. Dead times are extremely boring, and boom times are stressful.

Advice to Senior Management

Scheduling for breaks was weak, I would work on making sure people know when they can leave for a break.

Pros

nice university, well managed, nice faculty

Cons

high fees, less work opportunity

Advice to Senior Management

try to get more money

Pros

ASU has good environment to work in

Cons

less pay for the student worker

Advice to Senior Management

more pay needed for the student worker

Pros

great work-life balance, lots of paid vacation, flexible schedules, great benefits

Cons

low salary compared to for-profit industry, but could easily deal with that for a good work environment. Very incompetent people running UTO. There has been a recent mass exodus of the good technical staffers. Very few competent people left, and most of those are looking for other work. Soon, the only people left will be liberal arts people who got into tech because they couldn't do anything else, plus a small handful of legacy techs who can't do anything modern. Very sad to see such a great work environment turn so toxic.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to people's qualifications. Look at who's leaving and why. Unfortunately, it's almost too late to salvage anything.

Pros

Good benefits package, good work/life balance, some decent managers/executives depending on the department, college atmosphere is nice, winter weather is great

Cons

prior CIO destroyed just about all that was positive in their IT area, very negative work environment, autocratic management styles abound, no raises, outsourcing, I miss the ASU of 1999

Advice to Senior Management

return to management fundamentals, get rid of condescending management mentality, you've laid off a good portion of your "worker bees" but left an enormous amount of useless bloat in management, reward staff for their efforts

Pros

Good compensation, understanding and cooperative staff. Large campus, better resources.

Cons

A bad apple can make your life miserable, but overall experience was great.