DeVry Reviews

Pros

-Solid Company
-Professional
-Great employees to work with

Cons

-Pressure Cooker/ numbers based***use to fire if quotas weren't met...Recently changed due to new federal laws
-Lack of transparency from upper management
-Late nights and every other weekend required, so no work/home life balance
-Advancement is mostly based on who you know, and likability
-Disconnect between middle and upper management-seemingly purposefully to keep upper in the dark
-Not many opportunities or options for advancement, so because of this you feel "stuck"
-Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive
-Your told you leads are warm, however it's basically cold calling, seeing that most don't remember asking for information. Or maybe wanted mailed info vs. a call

Advice to Senior Management

-Offer more transparency
-Management stop gossiping about your advisors and using them for info on others
-Stop the popularity contests and promote based on merit

Pros

the instructors they hire are among the best I have seen at "For-Profit" colleges.

Cons

Being a For-Profit institution weighs too heavily on the recruitment and admissions process.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more honest in your marketing to high school students.

Pros

* Free Education at DeVry and/or Keller
* Life / Work Balance
* Good Location for suburbanites
* OK Benefits

Cons

* Power struggles between departments and personal agendas drove direction more so than what was best for the students or the company. Leadership did nothing to put a stop to the in-fighting, so the people in the trenches were having to work in this this disfunctional manner on a daily basis.
* None of the so-called TEACH values were exhibited by the people I worked with. Teamwork was horrible, lots of back-stabbing, finger-pointing and passive aggressive behaviors.
* There was absolutely no accountability, and as a manager who tried to incorporate accountability measures, I ended up losing. People who made severe mistakes and didn't deliver were shifted around and rewarded while those of us who were open and honest were punished.
* Lots of lip service paid to wanting to be an employer of choice and be on the forefront of technology, but leadership did very little to move DeVry in that direction.
* Misled about the direction I was headed career-wise. I was given a stellar review (including mention of potential promotion) and a great bonus, then 3 months later, was let go without any explanation. My supervisor never had any interim discussions with me about performance concerns. When I asked during the exit interview why I was being let go, the only thing HR would say is that it was an employee-at-will state.

Advice to Senior Management

Set clearly defined goals
Don't let unhealthy relationships between departments go on for years without intervening
The TEACH values are good ones, but unfortunately, are only on paper

Pros

The benefits were pretty good and my co-workers were great.

Cons

Expected you to work 80-90 hour weeks consistently with no overtime pay since you are on salary. Mandatory overtime was put into place when big projects were going on, which was all of the time. If you asked for a day off, you were often told no.

Pros

Lots of open space and lighting, windows everywhere (atmosphere)
Great people

Cons

Hard to get out of office at 5pm. Right near highway and road design makes it seem like Chicago traffic if you are heading toward the highway. So commute time might be annoying.

Pros

benefits are great and begin day one

Cons

low pay for mangement but not for recruiters

Advice to Senior Management

be aware of your suroundings

Pros

DeVry offers amazing benefits, great hours, room for advancement, education assistance, friendly atmosphere, accesability to upper managment and over all a great team spirit.

Cons

I really don't have many cons available, besides new policies are being put into place as of the new fiscal year and there have been issues with communication.

Pros

Great benefits and good pay. Flexible work hours. Good location. Summer picnic and Christmas Party. Free continuing education except books.

Cons

Expected to work 50 and 60 hrs a week. High stress. People that show excellence are tossed out the door.

Advice to Senior Management

Need managers that think of employees and communicate. Fix student tools used before adding more to them. Listen to employees.

Pros

work from home, make own schedule, no manager breathing down your neck ever, well respected company within its field, opportunities for advancement, they pay for everything that you need

Cons

Collaboration is difficult due to everyone working at home, team support is minimal, all training is by phone only, training was a very difficult process, must store all materials at home which is many many boxes

Advice to Senior Management

Different approach to training new employees, more frequent feedback about performance, more training in person by more experienced employees through modeling business strategies.

Pros

Good benefits; fair pay, good people,
, good time off policy

Cons

management in some departments and campuses better than others; better environment for new middle/upper management employees tahn long term employees

Advice to Senior Management

Look more at current employees for advancement than hiring from outside. Note to all, Dave Pauldine is the President of DeVry University, Daniel Hamburger is the CEO of DeVry Inc, which includes many more companies than just DeVry University.