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"The pay was not great but being able to work from home outweighed the low pay" (in 26 reviews)
"Management understands work-life balance" (in 9 reviews)
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"Great Peaplo to work with"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at American Public University System full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Good managment. They provided excellent training. They have great people working for this company. They are not only excellent professionals, but are also excellent coworkers.
Cons
No chance of getting a permanent position.
Advice to Management
Should try to keep talent people as part of your team.
American Public University System 2018-10-07 08:59 PDT![American Public University System Logo]()
"Manager"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at American Public University System full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great company to work for. They treat their employees like family. Competitive pay. Full time staff can take unlimited classes for free up to the Masters level.
Cons
Health insurance is very expensive. You are only allowed to carry two weeks of leave from one year to the next, so if you don't use it you lose it. There is very little room for growth and promotion in some departments
American Public University System 2018-10-04 06:56 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Good company to work with"
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I worked at American Public University System full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Adapt new technology relatively quicker than other organizations I worked with. Plenty of room of growth. Free degree program for Full Time Employees.
Cons
Too many processes sometimes keep things slow
American Public University System 2018-09-06 06:44 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Online Professor"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at American Public University System full-time
Pros
Students are fabulous, and I love the courses I teach. I'm happy with my medical benefits.
Cons
We don't get holidays. We are held to strict deadlines that are monitored, and so there is no flexible time to take a day off. All grading must be done within 5 days and with a heavy course load for fulltimers, that means working very full days through the week to get them done before Saturday morning, and we are expected to work one day on the weekend contributing to class discussions and answering e-mail. It's not enough just to check email on the weekend; we have to show students that we are present and working. So, in addition to not getting holidays, we don't even get a 2-day weekend.
Advice to Management
Stop burning out your best faculty members with this onerous workload. At the very least, give us a weekend every once in a while and Christmas break.
American Public University System 2018-09-11 15:26 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Low standards, always another absurd training, a joke"
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Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOI worked at American Public University System part-time
Pros
Work from home, you meet some interesting students
Cons
Endless useless trainings, silly out of touch managers who actually make courses worse while trying ham-handedly to improve them without actually doing any work. At APUS, the management is so inept and corrupt. My initial training was done by an HR by an employee who literally could not speak correct English. Courses are a joke, there are cheat sheets all over the internet.
Advice to Management
Fire yourselves.
American Public University System 2018-10-04 19:12 PDTHelpful (3)
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"I worked at APUS for 10 years"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at American Public University System full-time
Pros
I really liked my job. I was an Adjunct Instructor, full time, so I had benefits. The pay was not great but being able to work from home outweighed the low pay.
Cons
This school is a for profit Univ. I taught a class where they wanted everyone to pass, even when they did not deserve to. We were told to accept all late work, do not grade spelling, etc. This would not happen in a traditional setting. Also they began piling on more work for less pay.
Advice to Management
Treat your instructors well. You had some awesome teachers and let 40 of them go. You should have done more to find jobs for them in APUS since many had been working for APUS for years and were very loyal.
American Public University System 2018-09-01 06:14 PDTHelpful (6)
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"OMG"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at American Public University System full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Hard to find something
Cons
I am sure company will close in next couple of years. They are pretending that they are doing something but nope. Absolutely nothing.
Advice to Management
You need to go to training how to manage professors and staff. Every place I talk has same issue. Depression depression.
American Public University System 2018-09-17 20:49 PDTHelpful (6)
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"The place is constantly changing..."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at American Public University System full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Nothing that I can think of now.. because no one knows what’s happening..
Cons
Not a place to work as a company in whole and IT. The new CTO not adding any value. New bunch of IT managers who don’t know anything all are Bunch of new comers. I will say APUS and IT is a sinking boat. HR who will NOT do anything for its employees. Within IT there are 100’s of policies that are not applied to other departments. Lot of politics in the name of work.
Advice to Management
Stop spending money on these expensive CTO, VP’s , directors.. if you cannot keep your employees happy with basic wants then you won’t see motivated employees.
American Public University System 2018-09-07 19:37 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Taking advantage of WV"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at American Public University System full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Location is on the outskirts of the commutable DC metro area
Cons
Low pay compared to industry standards, no overtime, annual raises below the cost of living increases, no career ladder, poor personnel and fiscal management
Advice to Management
Increase wages, stop increasing health insurance rates every year - between cost of living adjustments and health insurance rates, your employees are making less money every year while senior management and above receives larger increases and free company stock.
American Public University System 2018-08-25 09:00 PDTHelpful (8)
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"Run, run fast"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at American Public University System full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Not enough to overcome the cons.
Cons
Company is in a downward spiral. Lack of management. No employee care.
Advice to Management
They don’t like to listen to or take advice.
American Public University System 2018-08-24 10:04 PDT
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