administrative assistant

associate professor

associate dean

faculty

coordinator

California Northstate University

What is the best part of working at the company?
The only best parts were my coworkers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part was being put in the middle of constant payment gridlock vendor payments were routinely held back and delayed for long periods, and we had little to no ability to resolve it from Accounts Payable. I was regularly dealing with escalating vendor calls, pleading with vendors not to stop services, and trying to protect the company’s relationships while having no clear timeline for when payments would be approved. On top of that, the company struggled to keep up with employee medical benefit payments, which added another layer of urgency and anxiety. It got to the point where months of checks would sit unsigned or unapproved, then go stale and expire, forcing us to void and reissue them and reprocess entire batches. Creating exhausting, avoidable rework and constant fire drills

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The best part of the environment was the people I worked with, but the culture was stressful and tense because payments were routinely delayed and we were constantly dealing with upset vendors and avoidable crises

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In Accounts Payable, a typical day involved processing invoices and checks, tracking items waiting for approval, handling vendor calls and complaints about overdue payments, trying to prevent service shutoffs, and voiding and reissuing checks that had expired due to long approval delays

This place is a good launch pad. There is a lot to learn, so it sets employees up for success at other companies. Employees are overwhelmed with work, often with no training. There is no room for growth. There is a lot of potential, but…

The overall employee morale is low. The staff does work very hard, and get along well. Most stay for a year or two, max. The turnover is high.

The President of the University has often been described as “out of touch”. He has told employees he would “remove and replace” them in a town hall in 2021. Interestingly, this town hall was not recorded as others have been. This prompted a lot of folks’ resignation, including HR. He has made several other comments indicating he does not care about the happiness or well being of employees. In one example, an employee had to miss some previous commitments/attend some meetings virtually due to a death in the family. For that, the employee was brought in for a “talking to” and was reprimanded. 

If the University wants to succeed, keep employees, and build a hospital, there needs to be a change in leadership. Overall, very toxic work environment with high turnover. 

The overall facility, faculty and staff are the positive of the organization.  It is simple.  The management levels are a different story and reach a strange cult like level with the other management team and the President.  They over inflate their knowledge, experience and self worth while not appreciating faculty and staff experience and contributions.  The environment is basically the management takes the credit but never the blame which is disheartening.  Management is good at hiring inexperienced workers at the cheap, moving them up to different positions (still not qualified) but not compensating the move appropriately to keep costs down.  This is good for opportunity but bad for morale as most understand how underpaid and under experienced some of higher level staff are working there.

A great place to learn and grow. Like any workplace, some coworkers get into their cliques and rigid viewpoints, but overall, it’s easy to collaborate with colleagues and form working relationships with faculty, dean and staff. People are usually honest and transparent and devoted to student success. Pay and benefits good, although the healthcare premiums a bit too high. I always feel  equipped to do my job effectively. Be wary of gossip and egos and try to make connections with everyone you work with so you can better collaborate when there are major projects and deliverables to meet.

They massively underpay and over work you. there are no benefits at all besides the health insurance that you pay for. all the focus is on upper management getting paid well and coming and going as they please. they give you the work of three colleges for one pay and keep increasing the work. people are hugely qualified and underpaid and everyone keeps quitting the minute they get a better job. in thee two years I have been here 17 people have come and gone. promotions are given to really undeserving but compliant workers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Professional development funds were available to non-faculty. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I received conflicting feedback about job performance and the university culture is fairly toxic. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As non-faculty, it was clear that our positions had no upward mobility as a organizational goal to keep wages to a minimum.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Amazing work environment and leadership

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
there's none, no micromanaging

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They have built an amazing work environment

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Great, saying hi to students  and faculty on the hallway, et,etc

They don’t care who are you and what are you doing, they don’t pay attention what do you do for your students.
If you know someone related to them it is a great place for working because if you do not do anything you will be fine and they will be happy with you because of your connections. Even if you do something wrong they will support you by distorting other people to support you. I am really sorry for the time that I spent there.

It is the only place that I feel

The time working at this place was by far the worse in my life. They make people be supervisors who have no idea about leadership, do not communicate properly but expect you to know everything they do not know. People here treat you less if you do not have a PhD. Do not come with ideas here because they will all be rejected and there is no opportunity for career advancement. At this place you are just a number not a person.

The job itself is great. Low stress levels. Kind and friendly coworkers. Interesting events and collaborations. The excitement of the students is catching! Unfortunately the actual running of the place is horrific. HR acts illegally. The CEOs are all donors to the school so there’s a lot of conflict of interests. They require some odd hour meetings but you can’t get paid off a regular set schedule.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$24.25 per hour
Associate professor 5 salaries reported	$85,200 per year
Associate dean 3 salaries reported	$142,500 per year
Faculty 4 salaries reported	$78,875 per year
Coordinator 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour

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