Emory University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – in a good city. lots of places to go for fun if you have SPARE TIME!(which you don't have as a grad student!!)

Cons – all sorts of bad things. as a graduate researcher, you don't get paid enough to make ends meet in this city. and no career growth

Advice to Senior Management – stop being all about yourself and start thinking about the growth of your students. we are not just cheap labor

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – Faculty and staff assistance resourcs, emory mentor program, toastmasters, other professional development events, seminars, programs.

Cons – Political BS, favoritism, poor leadership/management from local manager, lack of communications within department, job security attitudes, no leadership, vision, or directions from management, lack of properly manager and professionalism from manager.

Advice to Senior Management – All managers in the department should be required to attend and pass a management class to qualify for their position/job.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – there are pockets of people that try to do the right thing

Cons – more interested in the process than the end results

Advice to Senior Management – the cost savings that have been and continue to be implemented are not saving money...it is just shuffling of money

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – Benefits package; Location; Tuition reimbursement; Courtesy scholarship

Cons – Horrible salaries; Favoritism; poor Management within Human Resources Department; Backstabbing

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – Benefits are better than most universities.

Cons – No career advancement.
Management skills are not deemed important.
Faculty does not treat staff well.

Advice to Senior Management – Develop management skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – Great retirement and health care plans. Dental plan is the worst plan I've ever had.

Cons – Emory is a very political organization. Hirings and promotions are all done behind closed doors and seem to be based only on an individual's relationship to management and not their qualifications or achievements. Job postings are frequently changed to fit the individual's skills and not the skills required for the job.

The vast majority of management does not posess a degree, skills, or experience in the industry/field they are in charge of. Most managers produce nothing, and serve only as a distribution point for work. Information is rarely disseminated to employees, if at all.

Employee reviews are a whitewash and have no determination on employee raises. Raises are usually quite small, 3% max, and though are said to be based on performance, have no indication of this.

Responsibility is also lacking at Emory. Missing deadlines, wiping out an entire month of email are gone unnoticed and without repercussion.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire managers with degrees and experience in the field they are going to manage and you will see they hire competent, qualified personnel to do the work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Emory University

Pros – For some, it could be the small size and quaintness fo the location.

Cons – not as progressive as the larger Emory campus.

Advice to Senior Management – Give a listening ear to employees and don't view all change as potentially bad.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than a year

Pros – The CTO manages to recruit outstanding personnel but the overall hostile and chaotic environment lead to high employee turnover.

Cons – Extremely heavy workload, little to no support for upper management, too many systems, little cooperation among departments, and non competitive salaries.

Advice to Senior Management – Decrease work load for CRCs/ CRNs and increase salaries. Provide administrative support for working groups.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great institution name and state of the art everything.

Cons – Does not take care of its employees and instead spends all the incoming money from charities on expensive architecture while paying its employees peanuts

Advice to Senior Management – pay your employees better.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – good benefits, mostly good people to work with

Cons – health care costs for a medical university are outstandingly high

Advice to Senior Management – Business Officers don't have a clue what is going on in their department, start working with the people who do the real work instead. Administration would do good to learn change management.