sous chef

cook

kitchen manager

transportation specialist

distribution assistant

Concordia College (Moorhead)

I worked in Dining Services as a supervisor. 

The pros: work life balance is generally really good. I almost never got called in on off days or worked over 8/9hrs. The lower level team members are pretty nice, a lot of cliques though. Working with the students and different cultures was awesome. Benefits were really good. Plenty of pto, same days off as students, 401k ect. It’s bearable, low stress and low anxiety atmosphere which is what mostly kept me there as long as I was. Also it’s super easy. Nothing in DS requires brain cells. Free meals on shifts (and off if you just show up, no one checks that you worked)

Cons: management sucks. Just plain and simple. And don’t expect it to change or get better because “that’s how it’s always been”. There’s no reward or appreciation for hard work. In fact if you’re good at everything, you’ll work everything. Even if that’s not what you were hired for. You’ll sign your job description where “other duties as assigned” will be highlighted. And if you pitch a fit about not doing work you were actually hired and applied for your annual review will reflect that. The pay is insulting low for team members especially. They work off a point system to screw people out of getting benefits, so anything under a .9 (37hrs a week) does not receive full benefits. If you get hurt and are unable to do your job they will cut your hours instead of providing reason accommodation. 

The DS office really just needs a new generation of managers who aren’t ancient and haven’t been there for 30+years. Some new faces could really bring great change. 

- The communication is very poor and a lot of times non-existent, especially when it comes to two way communication from Management and HR. 
- Lack of critical information communication on all levels starting at the top in a timely manner. 
-No follow through or follow up with plans, assignments, development opportunities, strategic decisions, or basic job area needs. 
-No performance or career goal assessments or open conversations for general career path. 
- Pay is not competitive and most have more than one job to supplement income. 
- Organization structure as far as systems, processes, and procedures are very outdated and not  efficient or effective. There are many discrepancies with how the college represents itself as “continuously improving” and how it is in reality. 

My day begins at 5am where I start of doing offices and educational parts of campus.  Once classes begin I work on the dorms and other areas of campus.  I have gone through and organized all of my work areas and the areas that I need to access for supplies.  My current supervisor is very appreciative of my efforts.  My former supervisor was mentoring me in improving my management skills until the demands of his new position limited his availability.  The most difficult part of my day is trying to stay busy enough to make the time pass more quickly.  The best part of my job is knowing that all my efforts are appreciated and that my schedule can be flexible enough to accommodate my needs as a working single parent.

The team is wonderful to work with and management is as supportive as they can be (though they don't seem to understand what you can/can't do), but there's high turnover in the Communications & Marketing division as a whole. Pay for this position is likely the best in the division for entry-level roles, but that doesn't mean it's good within the dev market. Benefits are good, including an employer match above and beyond your contributions. The largest down-side is the consulting company that has a monopoly on supporting the CMS. You're forced to work with them, and they offer little actual support to their client's developers. At ~$250/hr you'd think they could prioritize when they break something on the CMS, but instead it takes weeks to get work done, or they refuse to fix the problem they created until you fork over more money.

Management sucks, they make you feel like you don't matter, if you ask for a day off they make you do extra stuff so you can have it off, and if you speak two languages they make you feel like you don't understand just because of that if you have a lot to do they won't help you out, there is really good people there, the pay really sucks you would think because they are private college they will pay more but no. I learned not to trust supervisor because they will stab you in the back. People from the office think they are better than everyone else. They will get rid of people for not following break policy but they will keep someone who asked a student to meet them in the bathroom, just because they been working for them 30+ years.

Concordia is a small college steeped in tradition. This can be frustrating at times, but can also help at other times to welcome newcomers. This community is one of a few beacons of social justice and activism in the Fargo-Moorhead area, but it is still a primarily white, upper-middle class institution and does struggle on some levels to attract and provide a positive experience for students from marginalized backgrounds. There's a lot of work being done to change this on the ground by dozens of people that work in faculty and administration, but progress is slow. The people who work here are generally kind, selfless, and invested in the lives of their coworkers and students.

I was a custodian for 8 years, at Concordia. The first year was okay. However, biased supervisors made my work stressful, for me, mainly on account of clashed personalities, even though my work was getting done well. One of my supervisors had the nerve, to print out five pages of job openings elsewhere, for me to go and apply for. She was terrible, especially if she didn't like you. The other one I had, was high-strung and paranoid as heck, and yes, I was targeted, because we didn't see eye to eye, and yes, my work was getting done, properly. I was relieved to finally get out of that place!

Working at Concordia was a great place.Management was great they ahd a open door policy.If there was something no matter big or small they worked it out with you.I became friends with so many students was the best part.They worked with me in summer as student workers.They all made me so proud of them I treated them like a co worker not student.I still keep incontact with them all.My husband battled cancer the last 6 months i was there and I could not made it through all tough days without my student workers or my managers. I learned so much on different cultureswhen I worked there.

Concordia Language Village is a wonderful community of learning where people of all ages work together to make that place the most peaceful environment to learn a new language and culture. I would say that everybody learns more than a language. There we all, teachers and students, learn how it is possible to coexist with differences, how to respect each other point of view, how to appreciate the diversity, how to share more than only oxygen in this world. At Concordia Language Village we learn how to be human beings in a total and natural sense of words.

Students are very respectful and studious. I always enjoyed interacting with them every day during each class session. I learned the meaning of vocation at this wonderful Liberal Arts institution. With a sound management and leadership, Concordia College would be a true community and a great place to work and feel happy. Spending long hours to prepare sometimes for a 50 minute class session and grading papers are always stressful to me. Nevertheless long breaks have always been the most enjoyable part of he teaching job.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sous chef 2 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Cook 1 salary reported	$16.50 per hour
Kitchen manager 1 salary reported	$23.50 per hour
Transportation specialist 1 salary reported	$17.75 per hour
Distribution assistant 1 salary reported	$20.50 per hour

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