Not paid enough - Assistant Director Simmons University Employee Review

good hours and can be online

people might not show up

Depending on your manager, flexible work arrangements are possible, and most staff are on a hybrid schedule, which helps with commuting. All of the students, staff, and faculty I've interacted with have been incredibly friendly. Facilities on the academic campus are mostly updated, and it can feel very rewarding to help students in your role. Benefits are ok, but they could be better.

Simmons is currently under deep financial strain. They do not pay employees enough at all, and there is a lack of care and consideration in upper level management. Turnover rates are exceptionally high, job instability is high, as the company continues to lay off employees left and right. Depending on your boss, your work/life balance can either be great or terrible. Parking fees really add up. Simmons seems to want to "do more with less", leading to incredibly small departments that have too few people working in them who are expected to do the work of 2-3 times the number of people actually there. Morale is low, and student transfer rates are high. Depending on your boss, you can be subjected to public shaming in front of your entire department, expected to work past your contractual hours, respond to messages outside of work hours, do tasks outside of the realms of your job description, etc. You are expected to actively work against a student's best interest if it benefits Simmons. A hostile work environment and toxic work culture, resulting in multiple meetings with HR, ultimately helped me decide that leaving Simmons was best for my physical and mental health.