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Kansas State University reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,278 total reviews)

Richard B. Myers

64% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Kansas State University has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,278 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kansas State University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
May 24, 2017

Office Specialist III

Recommend
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Pros

Will work with you on taking classes while being full time, in some departments.

Cons

Pay is not great, there is no room for growth in a department/position, which means people that are good leave. Even though they do cover three credit hours a semester that doesn't include fees, and online classes are outrageous. You have to pay a huge chunk of your salary to park on campus and there is no guarantee you would have a parking space, so if you have to go to an appointment instead of it taking an hour it can take twice as long or longer which means using your vacation. There is a mandatory week off after Christmas, which is wonderful, but uses vacation time even if you don't wish to participate in the holiday. There is no consistency in the same position in departments and often people have taken on more than their fair share of a job with no recourse. Evaluations are pointless if you don't follow up with negative ones, and there is no benefit to getting a good one. There is no real incentive to do well at your job. As our employee costs go up our pay does not. Yet there is a tremendous amount of wasteful spending going on all around campus. There is extremely limited professional development offered for non-HR related positions, yet many positions would like a certain level of proficiency in Adobe products.

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Kansas State University Response
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First off, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Your Cons feedback provides great insight to share. Our Compensation team within Human Capital Services is hard at work developing career paths for continued employee development. There are resources if you have specific employee development interests, please contact our Learning and Development team to discuss what options are available: https://www.k-state.edu/hcs/learning-development/.
1.0
Feb 15, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

This is very easy work and you can learn quickly no matter who you are. The health insurance benefits are decent considering.

Cons

This place has terrible management and they couldn't possibly care less about morale and getting things clean correctly. They fail at meeting the health code standards and the management just brushes it off like it's nothing. They don't care about your health relating to mold growing in the dish room or not using sanitizer on certain pots or pans at all yet reading them. If you tell them that you aren't comfortable working with a certain staff member because of harsh working environment between you and said employee they will call you insubordinate and let you go or write you up. Don't stand up for what you believe in because they will tell you that you are unprofessional or once again insubordinate. The management including the director I are all buddy buddy and you can't do go to anyone with concerns because they will tell you they'll handle it and never do anything about it.

1.0
Nov 27, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Real world research experience, great for resume builder, great for networking, offers hands on instrument training and analysis.

Cons

The university expects all of your time and effort. If you want to have a life, family, or social life outside of work, this is not the company for you.

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