University of Texas System Reviews in Austin, TX Area

Pros

1. Very nice people, both staff and faculties
2. Interesting students to work with
3. Some flexibility fo teaching different classes

Cons

1. It is a huge university.
2. Sometimes, too many students in the class, 160 in a calcula class is not good
3. Tends to teach same classes.

Pros

You receive so many transferrable skills and great benefits.

Cons

They are starting to cut back on the benefits that they give in order to increase their profit. RA's no longer have their own rooms! Change is so slow!

Advice to Senior Management

Patience is very important, especially when dealing with aggressively, belligerent parents and students. All the training prepares you, but situations that arise really test your character.

Pros

decent benefits, good amount of time off, nice to work in an academic environment and be part of something bigger than yourself.

Cons

It is a very silo-ed organization. Seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. There are pockets of very inept management and they seem to skate along under the radar and create a hostile and uncomfortable work environment. In certain positions and departments there is not any room for upward movement in positions. They hand pick those people they feel have potential and provide them with a few resources to better themselves but most people are left to fend for themselves.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to create a better work environment. Look at management and weed out those who are not benefiting the organization. Ideas of Texas is a good start but I don't see much action happening to fix the things employees have pointed out.

Pros

Intellectually challenging and rewarding in my research area

Cons

Salary & compensations are not competitive compared to industry.

Pros

Its the biggest employer in the city of Austin, which is an amazing city to live in. The weather is great

Cons

You are on a college campus in the middle of downtown Austin which can be quite noisy. And there is alot of orange

Advice to Senior Management

Management does a good job. The athletic department seems to get most of the attention which makes sense since they do make alot of money

Pros

very family-oriented, no one blinks an eye when you need to take time off

Cons

a bit boring and outdated. I feel more like a secretary in the 50s than an assistant. But I guess that depends on management

Advice to Senior Management

to involve your support staff more in work, upcoming events, and future outcomes

Pros

Great benefits
Casual atmosphere
Great location
The job itself is very satisfying
Can be very creative and inspiring

Cons

Horrible pay-far below average, no living wage increases, etc (but the football coach gets $5 mil)
Long hours
Incompetent and absent management
Antiquated processes
Very unorganized throughout the whole organization
It's impossible to get fired so there are a lot of people that barely do their job
Efficiency is not a concern with any department
Everything moves very, very slow
Very challenging to move up because middle management will never leave their positions because they can get away with doing NOTHING
Too many politics
The faculty are impossible to work with, especially if they have tenure

Advice to Senior Management

There really needs to be a complete overhaul to the culture of the organization and management needs to step it up and start managing. Maybe if they just showed up to work once in awhile, they might know what is actually going on.

Pros

Benefits are agreeable enough, and the opportunities to develop are sometimes worth the disparity in pay. Working for an institution with a distinguished background is also a plus.

Cons

Poor vision for the University. There should be a more clearly defined direction for the university to move forward and to advance the state system such that they no longer have to worry about keeping up with the University of California systems

Advice to Senior Management

Merit only raises are not acceptable, and catering to the diva like tendencies of administrators and tenured staff rely serve to obstruct the university from operating in a more fluid manner

Pros

A great job in a great work environment. Paid Tuition and other perks definitely give this job some intangible value.

Cons

When the economy is in a recession, the University is prone to budget cuts and other setbacks which may make it unstable as far as work is concerned.

Advice to Senior Management

Hallejluah, a little revival. Amen to love. Management at UT is a combination of good and bad, Hence, it's completely luck if you get a good one or bad one.

Pros

Good people and a relaxed working environment

Cons

Pay is poor and the position requires a lot of hours

Advice to Senior Management

The management needs to learn how to manage others and correctly manage a project. The management is very poor and needs work.