Fashion Institute of Technology Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Fashion Institute of Technology part-time for more than 10 years

Pros – great colleagues, dynamic department, talented students

Cons – rigid course structure, no academic freedom

Advice to Senior Management – talk to the little people a bit more

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fashion Institute of Technology

Pros – Excellent benefits, salary increases, educational opportunities, and an inspiring environment.

Cons – Hugely bureaucratic, a lot of red tape, and politics play into everything. Can be pretty disorganized and therefor frustrating.

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology full-time for less than a year

Pros – The benefits are good and get better the more years you serve (short hours during winter break, etc.). Most people are friendly. The union rules ensure job security and you become a tenured staff member after 3 years. 35 hour work week and no pressure to stay after 5.

Cons – Everyone is devoted to the hierarchy, and talking to someone more than 1 step above or below you is frowned upon. Department heads tend to be overly protective of their office and don't like anyone trying to impose on them or their staff. There are no repercussions when managers behave badly. Once you become a tenured staff member it takes a lot to get fired; there are a number of people on-campus who are known for being do-nothings. Too many meetings that accomplish nothing. Gross restrooms.

Advice to Senior Management – This place needs some serious housecleaning at the administrative level. Departments are getting reorganized all the time, indicating that nobody at the top really knows what they want. It is all politics.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fashion Institute of Technology part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great Salary and benefits. Its a union jobs so there are salary increase. The best part if the opportunity to take classes for free

Cons – Lazy workers and incompetent supervisor's. Once you get tenure its hard to be fired and half of the tenured staff do nothing.

Advice to Senior Management – Get re-trained.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – maker design hogue and avant garde

Cons – glam magazine and vogue magazine backdrobe

Advice to Senior Management – try survive n expolorer fashion in world

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fashion Institute of Technology full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The benefits and work-life balance here are great, as are the students - it's a great place for anyone who cares about the fashion industry or art/design in general. There's a high potential to be creative if you like.

Cons – Bureaucracy central! Getting anything done requires 20+ steps routed through multiple supervisors. There's some kind of taboo on asking anyone for anything directly, and some people are really focused on maintaining the little fiefdoms over which they have control rather than actually moving the organization forward. Also, you won't get promoted without several years of wrangling with management. (That said, this all varies between different departments.)

Advice to Senior Management – Be more open to employees' suggestions and aware of the pace of change in most of the workplace

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology part-time for more than a year

Pros – The courses are great to choose from and the schedules are very flexible. As faulty you can take classes for free.

Cons – If you do not have a masters its almost impossible to become a full time professor. There can be to much politics at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology

Pros – good benefits, i really can't think of anything else honestly.

Cons – extremely disorganized, politics reigns, meritocracy does not exist here. the union is useless except for their negotiation of benefits. they allow people to continue to work here despite their lack of education or computer experience and training is not mandatory. once you're 'tenured' there's very little you need to do to prove yourself except to show up in the morning and leave at 5, and you will still get a fat paycheck for being an idiot that happens to have a job.

Advice to Senior Management – stop trying to pretend nothing's wrong with this place.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology

Pros – Laid back vibe, Generous benefits package, strong union means a secure job from which you can retire, yearly raises (albeit small increments), punching out at 5 on the dot guilt free, Tenure.

Cons – No growth within your department...HR is leaning towards outsourcing all new positions. Mundane, repetitive work. Will not "grow". A lot of people are jaded after having been there so many years and have a "who gives a crap" attitude which can be draining.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote from within! Some of us want to grow here.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fashion Institute of Technology part-time for more than a year

Pros – new friend and new style of work to enjoy and fun

Cons – doing new friend with group work and enjoy with them