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- "Benefits are good, the overall mission is powerful and most of the students are there with some of the best intentions of bettering our society." (in 30 reviews)
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- "Low pay compared to similar jobs at other schools and other student jobs at The New School." (in 45 reviews)
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very nice to work at new school
Cons
I don’t think any of cons
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, easygoing management, and a great first job for college students at The New School, although you need to qualify for federal work study, and also allows you to study while working
Cons
Bi-weekly pay, gets kinda boring on weekends
- Current Employee★★★★★
Good Student Job
Apr 20, 2023 - Anonymous Employee in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexible, good experience, easy to continue
Cons
Depends on IRC position, sometimes slow communication from New School side
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Worked with a great team.
Cons
limited opportunities for upward mobility
- Former Employee★★★★★
Sometimes rewarding, sometimes frustrating
May 9, 2023 - Teaching AssistantRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
If you enjoy teaching, running seminars can be fun.
Cons
My course was taught online, so the kids weren't as involved as they could have been.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Diverse team with much experience
Cons
Layoffs did not help the team morale.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great place to work with other creatives
Cons
Salary is not very high
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Remote work was great; flexible schedule
Cons
Poor management; leadership makes bad decisions especially with unions
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
This school is really fxxked up
Apr 1, 2023 - Creative TechnologistRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
We have a good community here
Cons
The president of this school and administration people are money sucker. Faculty, student workers would not get paid enough. We have a big strike last year but things are not getting better...
- Former Employee★★★★★
Focused on research, self-starting, little direction
Feb 18, 2023 - Research Assistant in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
If you have clarity of work and have good project management you can do well.
Cons
Lab directors are often good teachers but poor project managers.
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New School has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 614 reviews left anonymously by employees. 49% of employees would recommend working at New School to a friend and 31% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -6% over the last 12 months.
49% of New School employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated New School 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at New School to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be management, senior leadership, culture.
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