University of Kentucky Reviews

Pros

Lexington is a nice place

Cons

Parking is always an issue

Pros

Work-life balance is excellent and benefits are almost unbeatable (at least locally). Managers are generally great and you usually have all the support you need to do well and succeed.

Cons

Those pros stated, there's not much *reason* to do well and succeed, because you won't be paid well. UK knows their benefits are great so they use them as an excuse to lag behind the rest of the market in pay. Outside hires will do best, because UK recognizes they kind of have to compete; if you're an internal hire moving from one area to another, your experience will be functionally cut in half, which for many employees means they get dropped into the entry levels of a salary grade even if they're mid-career. IT recently performed some salary adjustments, but those are largely a joke—in my case I received a ~12% bump, which put me right about where I should have been when I *started* in the role four years ago. Also worth noting, for anyone considering coming to UK Healthcare, future pay increases will "merit-based" but not in any meaningful sense. They are also using that new merit-based model as an excuse to eliminate the previous across the board increases all employees not on probation would receive. So now your performance matters, and you might get rewarded for it, but if you don't you'll be out of luck when cost-of-living goes up.

Pros

Great benefits, fair pay, good support

Cons

Can include late nights and weekends but is the nature of the work

Pros

Good benefits and consistent hours.

Cons

Management is on a power trip. No merit based raises.

Pros

Great people culture within the university

Cons

No cons! Continue working toward DEI initiatives, despite nationwide efforts to thwart this type of work

Pros

Incredible intellectual community, excellent benefits, a lot of autonomy.

Cons

Bureaucracy: everything is a process to get approved. The university is expansive, so there’s a steep learning curve. Pay is low comparatively, but that is specific to my particular college.

Pros

Extremely competent staff that work hard across a variety of programs and grants

Cons

Work-Life Balance can be challenging for the organization as a whole

Pros

They do care about your mental health and well being while being extremely accommodating to your schedule. The other workers here are amazing and create a family environment. Everyone has fun.

Cons

It doesn't matter how much more work you do than others there is no negotiation of pay because the budget is too tight. They don't hire based on experience which leads experienced people to do more than their job should be while getting paid the exact same. Management often won't teach you skills if you ask but will forget about it constantly.

Pros

I really enjoyed my time at UK Healthcare and met amazing and supportive people!

Cons

Having to pay for parking as an employee cost hundreds of dollars a year.

Pros

The cost of health insurance is very affordable for HMO.

Cons

Administration operates in a silo.