A great university, but has some issues... - Anonymous employee Georgia Tech Employee Review

4.0
Jul 2, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Major R1 research university - Atlanta is a great city to live in - Smart undergraduate students - Prestigious university

Cons

- No pay raises for 4+ years (including COLA) - Often pays below market rate - Doesn't match competing salaries - Doesn't retain best employees - Poor family friendly environment at times (no paid maternity / paternity leave; limited short term disability for pregnancies; outrageous day care costs that increase 5% annually) - Increase in administrators, increasing administrative salaries;

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

- Free Housing - Meal Plan - One of the better on campus job for students in my opinion (still able to be involved in other activities as a student on campus)

Cons

- Duty part of the job (Being on call and getting late night lock outs but this is rare), and definitely can still do homework in between doing duty rounds - experience can also depend on your hall director / area (but regardless still served on great RA teams, can be great if you have a co-ra but also been good at time being a single RA on the floor (no need to coordinate schedule if you do events together as a single RA unless you alternate events with your co)

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