University of Nevada Las Vegas Reviews in Las Vegas, NV Area

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Laid back atmosphere relative to other research universities I have worked at.

Cons – Budget basically at mercy of Nevada legislators who are very libertarian and oppose tax increases. Las Vegas has a low skill population with a large retirement community - neither who are pre-disposed towards supporting higher education.

Advice to Senior Management – Work harder to change image of university with local elites (particularly the Las Vegas Review Journal crowd).

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for more than a year

Pros – independent each other and liberal

Cons – stagnant and not active, poor health insurance

Advice to Senior Management – think about your employee

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for less than a year

Pros – Work is not hard
People are fabulous and friendly
Education perks
Campus is fun

Cons – Everyone is like state robot who works there
Don't give any new ideas, looked down upon
Old boys network and nepotism big time
Salary sucks - so much so they have an employee food bank!

Advice to Senior Management – Quit hiring the golfer buddies' kids and put managers in who know how to manage and act civily to employees

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

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people, good experience learned a lot

Cons – hard to schedule around classes

Advice to Senior Management – personalities need to work together better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Job security, Ability to transfer within the University & State system without loss of pay/benefits.

Cons – Mandatory furloughs, decreased pay & benefits, management takes care of management.

Advice to Senior Management – Place more value in & listen more closely to your support staff

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – It's big enough so it isn't boring, parking is usually easy to find somewhere, the weather is great and the campus is compact.

Cons – Way too many hoops to jump through to do something simple, have to go through numerous departments for simple tasks and to get simple questions answered.

Advice to Senior Management – Let departments be more independent! Many man hours are lost because of redundant tasks.

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

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Pays for school if you want to take classe or finish up degree
- Great Benefits
- Good places to eat for lunch located on Campus
- Discount for employees at AT&T

Cons – - Employees who work less move up get treated better
- Employees who work hard, get treated horrible.

Advice to Senior Management – Check what is going on in each department. Pay attention to issues that are going on in all depts and employees who have concerns. UNLV had great employees working there but were being mistreated. Now they have workers who dont care about the work or students.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Nevada Las Vegas part-time for less than a year

Pros – The university is good and professors are good as well

Cons – Payment scale is relatively lower as compared to some other universities.

Advice to Senior Management – Uplift the payscale for graduate assistants

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

Former Employee – worked at University of Nevada Las Vegas

Pros – Young, talented people looking to improve themselves academically. Great benefits for workers. Bosses are straightforward and very performance oriented. College atmosphere.

Cons – A bit too much backbiting and gossiping goes on in the workplace for my taste. Work pace is varied depending on how many students come in and can thus be very slow and monotonous.

Advice to Senior Management – Leadership was very professional and communicated clearly what was expected. Feedback was given promptly and regularly to help tutors succeed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Nevada Las Vegas

Pros – Opportunities growth environment faculty facility

Cons – Less Salary more work pressure

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend