Georgia Perimeter College Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College

Pros – Teachers were great. I went to Clarkston Campus. That campus had more student life than anywhere else I've been. Great mix of immigrants and diverse Americans. Teachers here are focused on students and everyone I know who went there learned a whole lot. Easy MARTA access with rapid bus service.

Cons – Do registration early. Long lines if you wait too long.

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I had really Friendly co-workers. The work area was always clean. Parking was great.
We only worked week days and off on weekends.

Cons – Not organized with financial matters. May be laid off due to a budget short fall without any
advanced notice. No overtime.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up with whos manageing the money.

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – study and work at once

Cons – There's no cons at all

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

Former Employee – worked at Georgia Perimeter College full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Some of the nicest people I know work or used to work for GPC. As near as I can tell, they're drawn to the mission of helping students improve their lives. I was. This makes for a fun working environment, if you can overlook the cons.

Cons – A deeply ingrained culture of retaliation, rampant cronyism, corrupt upper-level managers with serious anger issues, and financial mismanagement so bad that they've made the papers for being $25mil short. The financial problems also mean they're understaffed and employees are underpaid (up to $20-30K below industry standard for some positions, according to their own salary study and salary.com).

Advice to Senior Management – For those of you who survived the Great Purge of 2012: Pay attention to where the money is going, and treat the worker bees well. You need them. Also, stop hiring your family in direct violation of GPC and USG policy, and quit hiring your incompetent friends.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Georgia Perimeter College full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pay and benefits was good.

Cons – Budget problems for many years.

Advice to Senior Management – Upgrade your Accounting department.

Former Employee – worked at Georgia Perimeter College as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Attention to learning, good support of adjunct faculty, no office hours required for adjunct. Students seem interested in learning. Faculty seems supportive and interested in the students learning.

Cons – No office space to meet students. Most departments work online for answering student questions or they work by asking questions right before or right after class.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The students and professional growth opportunities.

Cons – Employees are undervalued and over looked

Advice to Senior Management – Improve the morale of the staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College

Pros – Relaxed personalble atmosphere, help students to achieve success, association with other depts, opportunity to go back to school to further education and skills, a week off at Christmas with pay and snow days, strong sense of accomplishiments.

Cons – Pay structure needs some improvement.

Advice to Senior Management – Take the time to listen to employees about their concerns or suggestions for a better working environment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College

Pros – The work environment is very conducive to a family life with ample time off, flexibility in scheduling vacations, above board pay structure on all levels from 'slick sleeve' to captain.

Cons – Governance of the department is by non-sworn personnel who have no law enforcement training or experience. Because of this, many decisions are handed down that are counterproductive and crippling to an otherwise highly effective department.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Georgia Perimeter College

Pros – Good benefits package and decent coworkers.

Cons – Senior management and financial issues.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company