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    Colorado Technical University Reviews

    Updated November 11, 2018
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    Pros

    • "Pretty good pay and opportunity for overtime (although before I left they were talking about changing that)" (in 14 reviews)

    • "decent pay alot of overtime available" (in 12 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Its basically a call center for a for profit business" (in 13 reviews)

    • "Slow to advance and high turnover in support departments" (in 13 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (3)

      "Associate Director of Admissions"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Associate Director of Admissions in Tempe, AZ
      Current Employee - Associate Director of Admissions in Tempe, AZ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Colorado Technical University full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I believe the culture is starting to grow with fun and interesting people, I have personally never had management as relaxed and care free, just make sure you actually work. There are a lot of opportunities for growth and considering I only worked here a year and a half have been promoted should help substantiate that. The company takes care of its employees, and as most things it’s typically the people fired or with negative attitudes that post on these sites, which bothers me because the people who actually enjoy the work and don’t have a problem are writing reviews. For any potential candidate looking for a exciting growing company I encourage you join the CTU Family #CTUstrong. Plus they give free school!!

      Cons

      It has cubicles, which I believe prohibit communication, knock the walls down. But there’s nothing I can do about that except get used to it

      Advice to Management

      Keep being supportive and great

    2. "Military Admissions Advisor"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Military Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Former Employee - Military Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Colorado Technical University full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Decent Pay
      you may be eligible to receive a discount on an education program

      Cons

      you are subject to an individual interpretation of your conversation that may not be consistent with the guidelines established by dept of Ed
      you may be terminated without notice for something you say in the wrong order
      you may be pushed to " sell" educational programs that are not suitable for the prospective students needs or desire
      your hard work maybe taken in the last steps and given to someone else that did not contribute to the process which is very tedious and difficult
      depending on where you work your female coworkers may show up to work like they just left a night club
       there is too much fraternizing and illicit behavior between employees
      favoritism
      theft of your work
      ignorant behavior by people who make lots of money and do not understand how to behave at work
      degree you get a discount maybe worthless

      Advice to Management

      stop playing dirty
      stop having meetings the last two days of the month when numbers are due
      stop stealing sales
      stop calling the process advising when in fact we are selling the caddillac of education at 70 thousand plus per degree program its offensive to the intelligence of those you employ
      stop having 10 hour shifts and expecting quality results

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    3. "CTU Admissions"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Colorado Technical University full-time

      Pros

      Good Pay, flexible hours, new office

      Cons

      Micromanagement some divisions, lack on consistency

    4. "Good People, Failing Ship"

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      Former Employee - Student Worker in Colorado Springs, CO
      Former Employee - Student Worker in Colorado Springs, CO
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Colorado Technical University full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Excellent team environment. Collaborative atmosphere.

      Cons

      Lack of communication, pressure to enroll unqualified students, underpaid employees.

      Advice to Management

      Pay your employees.

    5. "National Admissions Advisor"

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      Former Employee - Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Former Employee - Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Colorado Technical University full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      • Good/decent pay (about $20/hr)
      • Various hours, so it changes day to day
      • Potentially being a student there for free
      • Employees are really nice and will feel like your family
      • Flexible hours as you’re able to “swap” shifts with fellow employees.
      • Great team efforts. Able to rely on your team mates.
      • Great, and PAID, training! 3 weeks training and you also learn a lot your first few weeks on the floor.

      Cons

      • Although your hours vary each day, you could stay as late as 9 PM and also you HAVE to work on the weekends. You either do Sundays or alternate between Saturday/Sunday each week.
      • Absoloutely little to NO opportunity for growth. I knew some people stuck in the same position for years, without even being promoted to a senior title.
      • HUGE turnover rate. People come and go very easily, and it’s honestly due to how easy it is to get burnt out by this job.
      • Metrics can be hard to meet. A lot of the time your metrics (aka how many students you enroll) are dependent on factors out of your control, such as transfer count, ineligibility, etc, and it can become frustrating.
      • You feel like you put in a lot of work toward getting an application but what happens after that is what really matters and the biggest challenge, and it can be really disappointing.
      • Metrics are also very contradicting of one another.
      • Can be a very repetitive job. You’ll feel like a robot reading off a script and then dialing one number after another and saying the same stuff and getting the same answer.

      Advice to Management

      Please understand how contradicting your metrics are. You want advisors to be on queue, but when we’re being transferred bad calls(drops, pressed for time, another dept.) we get punished for it, and those factors are not in our control. ALSO, please start working with other internal dept, such as IRC, because they transfer calls to keep with their numbers but only hurts advisors numbers. And financial aid doesn’t care about your students either or help try to retain them.

    6. Helpful (3)

      "DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      Felt like family, sometimes chill environment and a good stepping stone for experience.

      Cons

      The company is going down the drain. Next step is the company being sold or closed down entirely. Leadership is a complete joke! It's every man for himself and your serious concerns are just spread like rumors and no action is taken. Turnover rate is ridiculous, everyone is jumping ship (as they should)! It is a hostile work environment as people will threaten your job if you say or do anything they don't like, even if it is the truth. Overall, I would not recommend to work for this company.

      Advice to Management

      Value the people who bust their butt for you. Half of management need to be fired. Pay your employees what they are worth.

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Zero room for growth"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Colorado Technical University full-time

      Pros

      Relaxed environment ,Enjoy other co workers , co workers truly help each other out. Without the teamwork from other employees the place would fall apart. Employees hold the school together and upper management doesn't seem to recognize this.

      Cons

      Poor pay, no room for advancement, student complaints are never heard or addressed by academics department, poor communication across departments, university does not value or appreciate employees.

      Advice to Management

      Pay your employees what they are worth and maybe turnover would not be so high!

    8. "Run far away"

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      Former Employee - Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Former Employee - Admissions Advisor in Schaumburg, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Colorado Technical University full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Pay and benefits close to shopping

      Cons

      Too many to mention

      Advice to Management

      Inform candidates this is a sales position

    9. Helpful (3)

      "Lead Advisor"

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      Former Employee - Team Lead in Schaumburg, IL
      Former Employee - Team Lead in Schaumburg, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Colorado Technical University full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      The coworkers and friendships created were the best part of working for the company.

      Cons

      No raises, promotion is based upon who likes you or how much brown nosing you are willing to do. Management didn’t know how to manage or communicate. New VP came in and created a hostile work environment. If you want to work hard for nothing in return, go for it...

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees and students, KARMA is real..

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Adjunct Faculty"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Colorado Technical University part-time

      Pros

      Reasonable pay at a reasonable workload.
      Some engaged students.

      Cons

      Very poor faculty support
      Outdated course materials
      Broken course materials that do not get fixed course after course
      Poorly prepared students and low student engagement.

      Advice to Management

      Many students are not equipped to learn, typical class has about 26 students. Of those, 30% will not participate beyond an initial post. Another 30% will only achieve an F in the course, and the remainder will actually participate. You will see many students repeating classes, and repeatedly failing classes, through nonparticipation.
      This dismal lack of student engagement, and the poor academic standards to try and retain what students remain, is a direct result of the CTU business model.
      To be taken seriously by prospective employers and prosepctive students, CTU will need to fix this business model.

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