Sam Houston State Reviews

I worked at Sam Houston State

Pros – reasonable pay and very flexible hours... that comes in handy for students working at the college.

Cons – department/rule changes created problems between central staff and student employees but nothing too drastic.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sam Houston State full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great environment.
Annual raises.
6 month raises possible.
Good benefits.
Training booklets are useful.

Cons – People seem to move around a lot. Not much stability.
LOTS of training for Banner. Training sessions are usually people just reading their powerpoint slides to you.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sam Houston State part-time for more than a year

Pros – good environment, nice salary, good work experience, excellent management, friendly, overall excellent work experience, no strict schedules, can leave if having any important work, supervisors are very helpful,

Cons – i don have any complaints bcoz I got everything working here

I worked at Sam Houston State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Easy work for the most part, never very demanding

Cons – The scheduling is completely messed up. Half of the people here have no idea what they are doing. If they mess up they blame the workers below them.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to use the technological tools available to you.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Sam Houston State full-time for less than a year

Pros – Fully paid medical benefits with low cost dental
Management/supervisors make efforts to be flexible with scheduling during 6 month probation
Good technology
Some valuable experience somewhat relevant to the job title
One of the fastest growing departments on campus with no intentions of laying anyone off
Seek people from all different backgrounds and some are willing to share knowledge

Cons – Too much work and stress for the pay, doesn't feel like a liberal, university environment. Fortune 500 expectations without the Fortune 500 pay check.
Pay is also low in comparison with other companies in the greater Houston area for same field
Grumpy co-workers and some unwilling to help out (or pretend to be willing at first and then shut down later)
Position is micomanaged when there should be much more creative freedom and work done independently
Too many higher ups that don't communicate with each other and tell you different things
Very disorganized department with no time to learn everything, but still expect you to get everything done in unrealistic time frames while attending 2 hour long training sessions on at least a bi-weekly basis.
Low tolerance for new employees and demeaning comments made to them such as "newbie" and "training wheels."
6 months probation feels like a punishment, can't take anytime off during this period without it being unpaid. Also probation is way too long. Most companies it's 90 days or even less.
Everything is budget restricted including salaries with no negotiating
Asked to do too many random things that doesn't exactly apply to job title. Doesn't seem to be any limits placed on what you're asked to do. Department is way too faculty centered without regard to the amount of resources they really have (i.e. some things you just can't do or don't have the time, but management does not seem to care, they pile more on you anyways).
Basically, you're treated like you're a child and spoken to like you just graduated from elementary school instead of being treated like the working, adult professional that you are.
Also, working conditions not good...most buildings are old with asbestos (and they have people working in them) and you'll be stuck in a closet sized office with old 1940's furniture, an Internet connection that barely works, and in some cases no phone. That is, if you ever get an office at all.
Utter defiance to anything structured when structure is really needed for the type of work done.
Huntsville is way too far from everything and costs too much money to drive there everyday.
They won't let you work at home AT ALL don't even ask.

Advice to Senior Management – This particular department could function so much better if you all were more organized and stop smothering your employees. Give them breathing room to utilize their own judgement and make decisions independently. Also, starting salaries need to go way up and the university should really ax this whole 6 months thing. Make sure you have acceptable conditions for your employees to work in BEFORE you hire them. This means, they should have a working space (or an office), a phone, computer/technological equipment, and furniture that doesn't look like it's been used since Methusaleh walked the earth. There's many, many more improvements that need to be made, but I think you can look at the cons and get the picture. Get it together!!

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

I have been working at Sam Houston State

Pros – Flexible work schedule. Fairly easy and non-stressful job.

Cons – It is unlikely that you will get a pay raise.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't change everything around so much.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Sam Houston State

Pros – Students tend to be committed, good support for scholarship.

Cons – Administration has no interest in faculty input. Obsession with online, little interest in rigor in classroom.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to faculty complaints about the IDEA system and find a way to regard professors that actually make students work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Sam Houston State

Pros – Great place to get experience and learn new things, when you need experience as a student take the job here its worth it, but once you get the experience, start looking for another job. The environment is very relaxed.

Cons – You don't get paid what your worth, if you can find another IT job that is willing to take you and pay more go with that instead. THE ENVIRONMENT IS TOO RELAXED!!! You learn new things then the boss never assigns new work...

Advice to Senior Management – Grow up! Learn how to manage, learn how to speak to your workers and give us work instead of talking to us like crap.

I have been working at Sam Houston State

Pros – Free furnished apt., pay was $10/hr...not bad for a college student

Cons – Work hours that you WILL NOT get paid

Advice to Senior Management – ...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sam Houston State

Pros – worked week days, no weekends, friendly staff, and retively easy job

Cons – made minimum wage a pay increase would have been nice

Advice to Senior Management – increase the pay please