Johnson & Wales University Reviews in Providence, RI Area

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Wales University part-time for less than a year

Pros – good benefits, nice work environment and great location.

Cons – small city, too cold for someone coming from south

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Wales University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Knowledgeable and fun culinary professors

Cons – Terrible Administration, ruins the learning experience

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

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Wales University part-time for less than a year

Pros – friendly environment. I liked management. Low power distance

Cons – low pay. career advancement is limited. international students only work 20 hours per week

Advice to Senior Management – increase TA retribution

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

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – You get to impact whether a student chooses JWU as their college.

Cons – Security meant only basic excel files instead of the originally planned sql database.

Advice to Senior Management – You need to let my successor have some access to a database to store the info.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – Friendly atmosphere, four day work weeks, reduced tuition for staff member's children, helpful coworkers,.

Cons – Work study students only get 10 hours a week.

Advice to Senior Management – none.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – Education
Training
Development
Networking
Higher Level Leadership is Amazing (Chancellor, Chairman, President)

Cons – Ego Trips
Power Hungry
Some unethical Managers in certain dept,.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what you guys do, I enjoyed my time. Just make sure that you have your "fish" in check as people are underminding you.

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – Benefits, Great people, Good work enviorment

Cons – Hours, Pay, Management, No where to grow

Advice to Senior Management – nothing

Former Employee – worked at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – good benefits
food
free parking
tuition assistance for children
peer friendships

Cons – top leaders focus only on money, not people
raises for top leaders, low pay for faculty
lip service - don't act on employees ideas
no knowledge sharing (silos)
lack of sincere recognition
inconsistent managerial styles, incompetence
lack of real, earned doctorates at top leader level
lack of strategic use of human resources, under appreciation of talent
weak support and little resources for development of people
top leaders are not available, don't know what's going on, don't make themselves available to students, staff, faculty for feedback.
very low trust culture: people afraid to speak truth
untrained deans and chairs

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in new thinking. Hire from outside, don't hand-pick puppets who think like you. Invite different thinking. Share some of those big salaries. Pay market wages. Don't pay everyone the same...pay for performance. Open positions to everyone. Stop in-breeding. Flatten your structure: trust you people. Stop assuming people are idiots and that only your hand-selected favorites know how to solve problems. Create a learning environment, open your doors. Get out of your towers. Let people make decisions. stop the top-down structural, cave-man-mentality. The power had shifted to customers, employees, and stakeholders. You can not control people anymore. Look at the world events.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – The job teaches professionalism for young students and how to work in a business office and conduct oneself in a professional manner

Cons – For a student assistant job, the department expects a lot from you. Many times it would feel like the student is doing far more work then the regular employees.

Advice to Senior Management – The duties of a student assistant has to be clearly defined and narrated. A task supposed to be done by a regular employee shouldnt be given to a student just because he/she is able to do it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Johnson & Wales University

Pros – The Office of Student Activities staff is made up of a lot of students that are fun to work with.

Cons – Hypocritical with work staff. The pro staff creates rules. Allows staff to break them but warns other staff for breaking.

Advice to Senior Management – Set a standard and follow it. To much hypocrisy in certain areas. Otherwise love Johnson & Wales University

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend