associate professor

extension agent

assistant professor

administrative assistant

academic advisor

Alabama A&M University

The pay is satisfactory for the work you do there, and the benefits are provided by the state (excellent). Also, as faculty, you can arrange your hours to fit your schedule, so long as you can make mandatory meetings and your classes.

For me, that was where the positives ended. The culture rewards inertia. The administration is a mess, and the academics are subpar. Authentic leadership is often impossible because proposals are frequently viewed as problems — upper administrators are satisfied with the system even when students are suffering.  It reminded me of churches where the congregation is struggling, but the pastor and his family drive Beamers.

Attempting to modernize or improve conditions for students is nearly impossible. AAMU's academic departments are heavily siloed, and the old guard protects their turf as if their lives depend on it. Favoritism was in full effect during my tenure there, and many PhDs holding leadership positions had questionable credentials. I was actually hired to reform an ailing program, and it was a minefield. If you are applying here as a professor, please note that enhancing the student experience can be challenging, and you will be provided with limited resources. 

Mostly, I was sad during my time there because the students that AAMU was created to serve are being shafted. I genuinely loved the students who were there to learn. Those were often in the minority, though, due to lax admission standards and little to no curriculum oversight. I worked with what I had to make sure their degrees were viable for current industry requirements. 

A typical day began with me opening the building, and giving access to the entire building to everyone on campus.  I would continue with daily duties that ranged from light cleaning of the computer use area to selection and de-selection of academic materials to training students and conducting classes. Working with databases, keeping up with budgets, managing time within appointments was also commonplace.

I learned most about how to integrate collective skills and personalities into my job/s for both faculty and students with the best of everyone. (working with and between departments)

My immediate supervisors were great to work with, but my Director was VERY difficult.  Micro-manager to the max.

There were great personalities to work and interact with--and all had the same goals of furthering the students' education, access, and knowledge.  The library had great people who cared about the institution and each other.

The most difficult part of the job was dealing with the overpowering manipulating director's unclear instructions on how to proceed with tasks, or what the final task should be.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working hard in a place that cared about its students and its employees.  I felt a profound sense of accomplishment with the changes I was able to take part in.

Do not expect a competitive salary unless you’re hired as a director, VP, or President. There are no regular performance reviews and  that is intentional. The university doesn’t want to provide regular pay raises- making the pay scales useless. The leaders will blame the consultants they hired but don’t buy into that lie.

Many of the legacy employees promote a poor work culture. This organization is mostly baby boomers and Gen-Xers who are stuck in the old way of doing things. Only because of the pandemic, did they switch most of their paper processes to electronic processes… The organization needs to promote continued education, adaptability, and flexibility. Also, if you don’t have a title, your ideas will not be valued… Many of the people in leadership lack real leadership skills. They don’t provide personal development opportunities for those in their charge. They give themselves flexibility but don’t provide that to their subordinates. Their idea of leadership is just telling others what to do and delegating most of the work to the team while taking credit for the wins.

There are many reasons why AAMU has a high turnover rate. If HR conducted exit interviews, they would recieve similar feedback… Hopefully under the new president’s administration, the employee experience will improve. 

I worked as a graduate assistant to the director of the Office of Distance Education and electronic Learning and the Digital Media Specialist. I worked in three main roles, as an online course assessor, participated, attended, and delivered workshops and training to the faculty, and as a student coordinator. I also assisted the digital media production team of one, facilitated the production of the blackboard student resource center, by creating multimedia within the web for students that have online courses, and completed special research projects as assigned. The bulk of my tasks were in the form of managing the course assessments process. I conduct assessments for the certification of online courses submitted by the faculty. Our model included a self-assessment from the instructor, a peer assessment for the faculty members’ coworker or supervisor, and a final assessment from my department. This model used the current formative assessment theories and concepts. I was able to use my previous degrees and experience in this current position by knowing how to properly deliver and critique the work of a faculty member in a non-threatening way.

With strong knowledge and multi-disciplinary background in Academia, Accounting and Finance, Health-care Management and Quality Control, I have been able to overcome daily challenges with more resourceful approaches. 
Over the years on the job, I have learned the importance of good management and effective communication skills. Effective communication creates harmony and foster peaceful work environment between co-workers even when the going tends to be tough and rough. 
The most enjoyable aspect of working with individuals with different backgrounds and affiliations is teamwork. Wonders never end and so are challenges. The ways we can successfully confront such challenges depend greatly on our knowledge and understanding of problem solving skills, which is very relevant not only in work environment but our lives.
According to the old saying "United we stand and divided we fall". That goes to explain that more desirable outcomes could be achieved if all pull together as a team. o

This University is not ran with integrity. Money is moved from one account to another and when invoices come in to be paid there is no money. People have to fight to be paid each month. Paperwork must be signed for payroll by a certain time of the month, if the parties involved in the approving process don't complete the signature loop by that day you won't be paid. The school holds scholarships to students because they have spent the money on other things, this in turn puts a hold on the students accounts and prevents them from being able to sign up the next semester for needed classes which often close before they are able to enroll. The administrators don't care if it happens, they say well it will be paid when it can. In the mean time, the students often don't have the ability to pay the balance and therefore are put on hold.

The buildings are run down and often sweltering hot and have leaking roofs. There are so many professors and instructors that have jealousy and in fighting amongst themselves which is poured over into their day to day operation.

A typical day at this particular job site consisted of assessing and responding to the needs of residents in the dormitory. I also created, planned, and implemented educational, social, and recreational programs through the school. I also served on the Resident Assistant Selection Committee. Some days I acted as a liaison between residents and Department of Residence Life. Another duty of the day would be to counsel peers on personal, academic, and career concerns. Lastly I managed various administrative duties including maintenance requests, incident reports, and room transfers.
Enforced and upheld university policies. My coworkers all worked well together, when it came to vacation time each person was mindful of other persons needs. The hardest part of the job was going in after school. The most enjoyable part of the job was the interaction with the students.

My typical day at work was collecting receipts from staff members, creating financial forms for reimbursement, picking up checks from Foundation Office, and delivering checks to staff members. Fron this job, I learned how university financial system worked, how to arrange my work effectively, and treating my work very carefully. The workplace culture was really nice. My supervisor was super helpful and patient, she trained me and taught me some very useful ways of working. We had several birthday parties for our colleagues. The hardest part of the job was too much work came at the same time and sometimes no work came to me, so it was hard for me to adjust to the different working pace. I'd rather be busy all the time. The most enjoyable part of the job was hearing lots of THANK YOU from staff members when they got the check.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the people there I work with and the staff are awesome people!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The contractor Aramark is a stressful and unorganized company I have ever worked for love Alabama A&M but not the cleaning contractor.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful and messy environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day is Unorganized the company Aramark at Alabama A&M is stressful more labor with a low pay I think Alabama A&M should’ve have not contacted the cleaning and maintenance out I think it would be better off staying under Alabama A &M payroll and benefits packages.

I enjoyed working at the university with the students, parents, coworkers and other staff members.  Education is a great thing.  All universities have their challenges, Learning something new everyday is very rewarding.  Your job is not dull.  Something new was always happening in my line of work.  It was very exciting to go to work and knowing that you would face obstacles that you didn't face on the day before. You learn how to control your anger as well as temper interacting with students and their parents. 
Management was great.

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