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American University

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Toxic unhealthy place to work - Administrator American University Employee Review

2.0
Apr 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Lovely campus -students are fantastic -many exciting events on campus (but flip side in the cons section)

Cons

-financial trouble for AU is being felt at all levels and the stress is showing on faculty and staff -mean place to work for newcomers...constant conflict from staff and faculty...lack of collegiality -not a happy place to work...only crushing workload -communication and event overload...AU needs a daily briefing but only one daily briefing...a thousand emails each day on events is unhelpful and the events are competing against each other. The students have event fatigue and don't go...then its desperate times to make sure one has bodies in the room.

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5.0
Mar 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Welcoming - Open to questions - Relatively good pay

Cons

This may not warrant as a cons but they treat me more as a student than a worker.

5.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice work environment, great coworkers, flexible schedules, good base pay, and great benefits if you decide to pursue graduate studies with the university while working for it.

Cons

The pay is barely higher than the position you are to oversee, which checks out as a student position.

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