research assistant

teaching assistant

graduate researcher

student researcher

web developer

Brigham Young University

What is the best part of working at the company?
The students and devotionals. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The toxic work environment the Auxillary Manager admitted to me in our last meeting. That nothing was done, was told sorry that I had to pay the price for it.  Was gaslighted by a man in the management. When asking to please do rotation on work assignments (developed carpal tunnel) nothing was done. When bringing things up at HR, nothing was done except people were promoted and seemed angry at me, I was put on PIP instead, no one even looked at my documents, pictures. When I in the end wanted the Auxillary Manager to actually HEAR my recordings, I was told I could but nothing would change his views. In the end, I was told to keep my job, I had to forget about everything and stop writing my personal journal. Sadly very unprofessional and the lack of light, honesty and morality is to touch. It's thick. This was so new to me and incredibly sad. I was wrong to think something this close to religion would be a good place.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Where I was, it was awful. Pitch dark! Gossiping from day 1. Please be aware of this that if you do bring it up, people turn on you and blame you to protect themselves. Record everything every day like I did and use it earlier, but go directly to the president, hopefully he can help. 🙏
Not all the department were like this. I remember the Auxillary Manager started a meeting with a prayer. When I asked a "manager" to start the day with a prayer where I was working, to bring the spirit in there, I was told, No! This isn't church!  From day 1, my then coworker did not want to even look at me or speak to me. Took several weeks and me bringing truth forward to get training. They made a list with items to go through and my then coworker signed off most of it when I wasn't even properly trained or at all on different items. I was told I misunderstood and coworker misunderstood me because I spoke a different language. I hope that after me bringing things into the light, that the department I was in has stopped the talking about each other and have been talking to one another. I wanted that very much. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in, got put to do same tasks as the weeks went by (hence carpal tunnel?) Students were my light in there. These kids are GREAT! Can't talk, can't ask, can't teach students or speak truth. Just stay quiet and be told what to do (Repetitive tasks daily, weekly, monthly) I was told to follow a list coworker made where my name was on things to do. This way coworker didn't have to talk to me. I went to her every morning.

I enjoyed this experience more than any job I've ever had.  I offered free personal training at the BYU gym for students, faculty, and staff.  I met with people who had different exercise and health goals, but they were all motivated people who wanted to change for the better.   I was able to assist them with their health and well being improvements. It is exciting and satisfying to watch people change and help them in the process.  Some of my clients were able to lose only 10 pounds, but it was 10 pounds well worth the hard work.  Even a little improvement made a client's confidence increase.  They were happier and even more committed to their goals. During the short period I worked as a personal trainer, I learned that everyone has their own health challenges and it is not right to judge them for their weight and appearance.  I met with a few overly obese women during my work.  They were the nicest, most determined clients I worked with.  They had multiple health difficulties, but they were willing to do anything in order to improve their health.  I looked up to them more than any other client because they weren't willing to back down no matter how many times they were exhausted, sore, or didn't feel like exercising.  I had a supervisor who was over the student wellness program at BYU.  He wasn't a professional trainer which was the hardest part about the job.  I would have greatly appreciated professional advice and experience to improve my own training knowledge.  On the other hand, I learned a lot as a trainer by researching on my own and by using trial and error.  I feel this experience as a personal trainer is just another step to becoming a better trainer and health professional for the future.

A typical day at work includes scheduling appointments with students, conducting a class with a minimum. I had to create and organize a syllabus to guide 20 students through a semester. I was also responsible for introducing national and international students’ to college level reading, writing, and analyzing various ranges and genres of English literature. Holding students responsible for their grades was one of the hardest parts of being an instructor, as well as grading students’ assignments and confronting those who lack in reaching requirements, daily. It was the hardest part because I would give them feedback on their work, and they almost never applied it. 

I learned to be better organized, especially when taking on a major responsibility (like workshops or classes), and had multiple opportunities to assist in the development of both national and international students' reading, writing, and analyzing English.

I became a student manager once I qualified for CRLA Level 3 tutor, which is the highest I could attain at BYUH. The director and supervisor of the Reading Writing Center became close friends of mine and helped make it possible for me to teach during the Summer Semester 2014. During which, my mentor observed my class 3 times in order to give me tips on teaching and witness my progression. 

My co-workers were mostly supportive and eventually felt like a work family. However, the most enjoyable part of my job was seeing the progress of an International student who could barely form a comprehensive sentence to the final research paper where a student is producing full arguments with support and conclusions. It's a beautiful sight to experience, and honestly, it made the hard parts worth it.

BYU-Idaho is an institution of higher learning with a primary focus on student learning.  Faculty are supported in any effort to become excellent teachers.  Students are provided not only with top quality classroom instruction, but also with an abundance of opportunities to acquire leadership, organizational, and service-oriented experiences.

In general, my colleagues are skillful, dedicated, kind, generous individuals who have chosen to teach at BYU-Idaho for reasons related to personal convictions.  This creates a uniquely supportive, synergistic environment that is far more cooperative than competitive.  

Because of BYU-Idaho's dual commitment to excellent education and low costs, expectations for faculty members are high.  The work is abundant, but stimulating, creative, and satisfying.  BYU-Idaho takes a very progressive approach to higher education, so course design, development, and delivery are part of every faculty member's workload.  Change and experimentation are a way of life at BYU-Idaho, on a level that, in my experience, is unique among institutions of higher learning.

The most challenging part of the job--the amount of timely, innovative work to be completed--is also one of the most enjoyable parts.  Another pleasure lies in the university's encouragement of teacher-student interaction and shared learning experiences.

Great people to work with, a good, clean family atmosphere. A lot of professors will help you with coursework and help you find a way to get by financially. Most of them very much sincerely care about student's welfare and want to watch them be successful and do well in their research and their careers.

It can be very competitive at times, I had a hard time while studying and working there, but most people will be unlikely to have the experience I had there (hopefully), in terms of high stress levels and difficulty managing stress. Professors are pretty good about making sure you keep up in your classes, and will usually hold office hours and hire TA's to help you if you're not understanding the material.

I was a TA for 2 1/2 years there, and it worked out very well for me. Undergraduates are paid $10-$11 per hour, graduates $14 per hour for TA work.

Some research there is less formal, and I had trouble knowing the best course of action on my own without specific guidance on how to approach my thesis, and how to use the resources at my disposal to create an effective thesis. The professor funding me was mainly a teaching professor (retired military), and we were delving into an area neither of us was familiar with, so our research on our particular project was probably under par. That's just how it goes sometimes, I guess. In terms of coursework and helping our students understand the course material, I feel we did good there. He paid my tuition, and the rest of the professors there were great to work with too.

I taught German to the missionaries at the missionary training center.  They were mostly young men and women of college age whose outlook on life was bright, optimistic, hopeful.  The missionaries bought into the culture there and into the mission, which made me very happy there and made the students generally happy to be there.  The environment, especially for the young missionaries was very demanding.  A typical day for them included getting up at 6:30am and finishing around 10pm.  They got time for personal scripture study and prayer, then breakfast, a few hours of class before an hour of Gym to get in better shape for the mission field.  This Gym time was also very useful to get some relief from hours of classroom time when they had to focus on language studies, studies of spiritual lessons (also in German) they had to learn to teach.  Language studies included vocabulary, and grammar.  The first week, missionaries learning German were asked to commit to speaking only German the entire day, no matter what they were doing.  They arrived on Wednesday and after Sunday evening of the first week, they only spoke German.  This was very difficult for missionaries who had absolutely no background in German, but most were able to achieve 100% German immersion.  A very few found this too difficult.  One of these only in my nearly two years of teaching German at BYU's missionary training center (MTC) asked to be sent home.

A typical work day starts with updating my Excel sheet with a query of recent changes of vendors in Peoplesoft, particularly their method of payment. I have see if my manager converted any of them to electronic payments. I proceed to make cold calls to the vendors we pay the most often, and follow up on past leads. After a few hours of this procedure, I begin scanning and data entering purchase card orders, invoices, journals, and checks. On certain days, I match checks and electronic payments to invoices in preparation of payment.
This position has taught me: how to multitask, cold call ethics, Peoplesoft navigation, data entry, how to scan, and how to overcome technological and social barriers. Learning about the cost of postage and stationary has shown me the economic and environmental benefits of electronic payments and digital invoices.
Co-workers are mostly students, as well. Therefore, they are pleasant enough, but they usually have little time to socialize outside of the office. They are very focused.
Management acknowledges that school comes first, but expects employees to focus on office tasks while on the clock. They give us potluck parties once a month for completing the monthly set of batches on time.
The most difficult part of the job is trying to get extra hours and sharing work with other employees.
The most enjoyable part of the job is by far is the attitude of the management. They understand that school is exhausting, and they give delicious rewards for hard work.

A typical day at work was answering phones, assisting patients as needed, and following a basic task list of daily and weekly duties. Adjustments and changes were made as other departments requested assistance in training and additional projects.

I learned a bit more about the new HIPPA guidelines and some new ways to use data spreadsheets and operating systems.

Management was a bit different than I had been previously exposed to. The area director was the head of the health center with a manager over billing and reception which were both college students, often in an internship situation, with an administrative mentor and department mentor. I worked very closely with my department mentor and had a rotating/changing schedule which enabled me to be available to provide coverage for our department and balance my class schedule.

Co-workers were a wide variety of personalities and ages, although each of us were students, minus administration and faculty. They were great to work with and it was a great opportunity to share my experience being that most had not experience in such positions.

The hardest part of the job was the scheduling and break downs in communication between leadership. The management set up made it semi-difficult to maintain balance between departments when projects needed to be completed. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was the people that I worked with and the opportunity to self-manage. I was trusted to do my job and stay on top efficiency and accuracy.

My job at BYU is fairly flexible. I do not have a set shift; so long as I get in the required number of hours every week, I am able to work according to my schedule. The work is not particularly exciting, as it is primarily testing the program's functions, but it is good work. I work both test cases specifying a feature to look at as well as ad hoc testing. 

I learned a lot more about the time and effort that goes into computer programming, as well as the testing that is required in order to make sure everything is running properly. I also learned how to better maneuver computer systems and how they operate. 

The management is good here at BYU. They trust us with our jobs and the team has a comfortable relationship with them. We are able to go to them when there are bugs in the program and able to communicate well with them. 

My co-workers are wonderful. We all work together as a regression team and encounter few problems. 

The hardest part of the job is occasionally the workflow can be a little slow. The amount of testing we have would vary. Sometimes we have a great deal of testing to do, especially before a big push for new features, and other times it consists of more maintenance or checking bugs reported by professors on campus. 

I think the most enjoyable part of the job for me is the probably the flexible schedule, especially as a student enrolled in classes. I am able to fit in all the hours I need when it was convenient and doable for me to work, and it is one less thing to stress about.

Worked for 5 years. I'll start with the bad because it was bad. We would have trainings often about things like crucial conversations and conflict resolution, but when it came time for management to have those conversations, they were terrible at them. It's very much a "do what I say and not what I do" type of environment. When my dad was in the hospital dying, my manager blew up my phone to tell me I needed to return to work and couldn't take two days off. But, after he passed, they dedicated a book to him in the library, so I guess they made up for that? There are many examples of strict policies being delivered across the board, which don't take into account the fact that you are a full human with actual needs outside of work. It's a pretty toxic work environment in most departments and covid only highlighted the fact that most management only knows how to micro manage. They have no management skills if they can't micro manage you. I was warned that working for the church will show you the business side, which is very different than what you see on Sundays. This is very true. It's hard to be treated as a number by what amounts to your church. 

The good: health insurance options through DMBA are affordable and great coverage. They recently changed retirement options so I can't speak on the current ones but if you're grandfathered into the old ones because of a job while attending school, it's great. They offer 6 weeks of paid maternity leave and 1 week of parental leave which either parent can take. 

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