Where to start.
- President is cold and unwelcoming. I introduced myself once to him in a dining hall and it was very clear to him that I was being an inconvenience. Rude and disrespectful.
- Out of touch senior administration. The people who make the decisions don't spend time with students, so there is a lot of discontent among students.
- Politics. Oh, the politics. It's expected anywhere, but at BU, it felt like I was playing a game where only certain people knew the rules.
- Blatant nepotism. People get hired and promoted based on their families' contributions to the school (financial or otherwise), even if they don't have the credentials.
- No clarity of work expectations. This is tied to politics. Because management does not make it clear to people what it means to be a good employee, people who are liked by their supervisors move up. The sheer lack of any sense of objectivity really bothered me.