I love my colleagues - Administrative Assistant III ETS Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2013
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Pros

- management understanding of family/medical issues - tuition reimbursement - mission driven -attractive campus - amazing colleagues - Profit Sharing Plan - 401k with 3% match and 403b - dental, health, and prescription plan - relaxed and academic corporate culture - socially conscious - smart people who care about work - vacation, PTO, summer hours, and holidays - does well in bad economy

Cons

- no shuttle from train station to help commuters - SWS has poor compensation - tuition reimbursement does not include accelerated or executive programs - poor performing employees are never fired - telecommuting is promoted but secretly frowned upon and denied by many managers - no room for advancement - poor performance based salary increases leave little incentive to work hard or do quality work - more PTO needed (not enough for employees with families) - tech support is frustrating - catch up with technology

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5.0
Apr 11, 2025
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Pros

It was a good experience.

Cons

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1.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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