University of Texas at Austin Reviews

Pros

As with any state institution, UT really does offer great work-life balance and pretty decent healthcare / benefits. I've found it great to support higher ed and have found the community and network I've built at UT to be some of the biggest perks. Depending on the department, you will also get plenty of opportunities to grow your skills.

Cons

The salaries are abysmal and upper management doesn't seem to have a vision for how IT should fit into the university over the long term.

Pros

As long as you show up for the big game days and events - which end up being really long days or whole weekends - the work schedule is otherwise very flexible. Most of the managers are easy to work for and work with. It can be an exciting place to work, especially if you're into college sports. And you could do worse if you're trying to get a foot in the door for a permanent position with intercollegiate athletics.

Cons

This is a big professional sports organization in all but name, and it comes with all the trappings and bureaucratic red tape. It's also technically a government job so you can expect more of the same there. Logistically, departments struggle to coordinate and for all their resources will often find themselves shorthanded. The left hand seldom knows what the right hand is doing even within upper management. The business office for UT athletics caps your pay and hours as a student worker. You can earn more and work regular hours as a cashier or office intern in the inner campus.

Pros

UT Austin employee benefits are pretty good i.e. PTO, sick leave, and health benefits, but not exclusive to UEM or Electrical distribution, any full time university employee receives them. I would sit down and have a beer with everyone I worked with at UEM at any time, I made lifelong friends and I think that everyone from top down is capable of doing good.

Cons

The electrical distribution shop is undermanned, which causes unnecessary stress on both the employees and supervision. Little to no training is provided to new hires, so they have to rely on learning things through “experienced” veteran employees who themselves only learned what they know from other “experienced” employees, which has turned into a dangerous game of telephone that has left the employees with garbled knowledge from the 1980s and ill prepared during emergencies, without the skills necessary to accomplish the job in an efficient, safe, and correct manner. Most utilities that work with distribution equipment and medium/high voltage electricity have actual training courses and apprenticeship programs, and are constantly taught the best and safest way to do their job, that is not the case here. The actual workers are a joy to be around and make the best of the situation, however the overall attitude towards supervision is that they lack the experience and skills to lead, and they definitely do not have your back. The pay is sub-standard for the industry, unless you’re the supervisor, who sits at almost 40,000 dollars more than the average worker. The lack of competitive pay has left the shop unable to hire anyone with actual lineman/electrical distribution experience, and ultimately lead to severe undermanning issues.

Pros

Decent location, generally positive people, good benefits

Cons

City is expensive compared with compensation

Pros

Benefits and getting paid during winter holiday without using your own vacation time.

Cons

Seasoned main campus employees are of no assistance with policy and procedures and want to see you fail versus being successful. Lots of threatened egos.