adjunct faculty

administrative assistant

custodian

faculty

student coordinator

Elgin Community College

What is the best part of working at the company?
 Collaborated with students, faculty, and staff to develop and deliver comprehensive training on Title IX compliance and prevention. In this capacity, I provided strategic guidance, educational support, and leadership to the campus community, fostering a culture of respect, accountability, and compliance.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most successful aspect of my work at Elgin Community College (ECC) was the opportunity to strengthen institutional compliance and culture under Title IX and Title VII through proactive education, policy development, and collaborative engagement. I successfully designed and facilitated comprehensive training programs that empowered faculty, staff, and students to understand their rights and responsibilities in preventing discrimination, harassment, and misconduct.

In this role, I built strong cross-departmental partnerships with Human Resources, Student Life, and Academic Affairs to ensure alignment between federal mandates and institutional practices. This collaboration not only improved reporting and response procedures but also fostered a campus climate grounded in equity, accountability, and respect.

Ultimately, witnessing measurable growth in campus awareness, trust in reporting systems, and community engagement surrounding Title IX and Title VII initiatives was one of the most rewarding and successful aspects of my tenure at ECC.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment at Elgin Community College was collaborative and student-centered, fostering professionalism, inclusion, and shared responsibility for upholding Title IX and Title VII compliance across the campus community.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day involved meeting with students and staff, reviewing reports, providing Title IX guidance, conducting trainings, and collaborating with campus partners to ensure compliance, equity, and supportive responses.

Medical benefits are good. Staff pay is low even if they want you to have a degree. Rules are broken for the right people and OFTEN. Do not expect to have a plan for moving up into other roles as support staff as it is not going to happen and teviews are not structured to prepare you for upward movement, just stagnancy.  They regularly hire from outside.  Turnover on support staff seems to be high, and training is non existent for things you actually need training on yo do your job, but HR will load you up with courses that have zero impact on your day to day.  When good people leave, they take knowledge with them. Reviews for staff are comical as there are required smart goals but the amount of effort it takes by all to complete the process is far more than necessary since the union gives everyone a 3 percent annual increase regardless of performance.  Management makes decisions without a full understanding of a department's needs or requirements and disregards administrative procedures.  They hire people in a hurry, and when bad managers are hired, they don't get rid of them. But HR will definitely keep a bad employee and fire a good one who points out the bad one.  Flexibility in workday would be appreciated, though some people regularly work from home even though it's not allowed. Campus is nice. Some jobs are just given to people they decide should get them without posting because not everyone has to follow rules.  So when everybody can see the stuff is happening, it sure does have a huge impact on culture and retention.

I love working at Elgin Community College. To start, it is a great place for a student like me with little background in professional administration to help build my resume. A typical day for me consists of helping prospective and active students through enrollment steps. While employed at ECC, I've learned that each student has their own unique circumstance while enrolling through college, so active listening and understanding is crucial in guiding students into a successful educational transition. I get along with all of my co-workers, including management. My supervisors are very intelligent-caring individuals who are easy to work with. Obviously, every job has it's good and bad days, but I remain a team player and dedicated to what I do. Although, I think the hardest part about working at a college is adapting to the bright minds that come with it. I am mostly surrounded by highly merited individuals. Sometimes, people of higher education can have a strong personality, but it's nothing that I can't handle. However, the most enjoyable part of the job is just that; I love learning and I love working with people who share that same mindset. Working at a college is like a 2-for-1 special; not only do I get the privilege to surround myself with like-minded students who share the same passions as me, but I get to do that with my co-workers as well!

There is a clear line between directors and employees. A very clear line. They talk about you behind your back and if you find out, they "apologize that you found out," which isn't an apology. They don't listen, everything takes 3982375 years to get approval, even if it's a slight copy change to a webpage, and the compensation is about $15-$20K lower than what you should be making. 
Pros: My coworkers are awesome. They're funny and passionate, smart and easy to work with. The work is rewarding. Summer Fridays, excellent health care, good PTO (though accrued, so don't buy those plane tickets in advance - even if you will have accrued it by the time of your vacation, if you haven't when you put in the request, it'll get denied), and spring and winter breaks off. There are some extremely creative and excited people here who are a pleasure to be around, and really push you to try to be better, which is so great in a work environment. Honestly, the coworkers keep your sane! 
Cons: Chaos. it's chaos. Nothing gets done, no one knows who is supposed to be doing what, and no matter how many times you bring something up, nothing changes. I mean we've heard "I mean some things can't change" so many times, it's just discouraging.

Fortunately...there is no typical day. The main goal of my position is to work with the underserved, first generation, low income and documented handicap students to ensure success navigating their way through the educational process. I also develop programming through workshops and continual face to face meetings to assist with  challenges.
I have learned that their is no typical college student, everyone has to be handled on an individual basis to tailor make an assessment plan to ensure their success.  
The most enjoyable part of my job is when I see my students walk across the stage for graduation. It is the most gratifying feeling and I fun-fill my passion for helping others to achieve the life that they thought were only dreams.

Working at Elgin Community College was a very rewarding experience. I felt welcomed, valued, and supported from the beginning. The work environment was positive, collaborative, and respectful, and my supervisors consistently encouraged my professional growth. I had the opportunity to work with students and colleagues from many different cultural backgrounds, which helped me develop strong communication and intercultural skills.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of the job was the sense of belonging within the team. My coworkers were always willing to help, and I felt that my contributions were appreciated. The international environment also allowed me to build meaningful connections with people from around the world.

The experience taught me the importance of teamwork, adaptability, and cultural awareness. I would highly recommend Elgin Community College to anyone seeking a supportive workplace with a strong sense of community.

Each day at work consisted of leading new student orientations to familiarize incoming college students with the school and its various programs of study. As a leader, we were expected to be good role models in guiding new students in their transition to college life. There were two managers and a coordinator of first year programs and they were very cooperative in helping us succeed and grow as leaders. Overall, most workers were friendly as it is required in order to work the job, so there was always a form of camaraderie within the team. The hardest part of the job was initially building up the courage to speak in front of about 50 people at a time, but I later found it to be the most enjoyable part later on, because engaging and interacting with people was a fun challenge and I can see directly how I affected them.

I was required to work overtime a lot which was very hard for my work life balance needs.

I learned a lot about unions and a lot of different academic environments and how they worked.  I had more work at this job than I ever had.  That isn't a bad thing, but just a reality.  The college always seems really understaffed and that doesn't seem to improve.

I had only a few co-workers that were decent to me, so many of them were backstabbing and poor communicators.  I felt like there was always a target on my back.  I've never dreaded going to work more than this job.

I was frequently harassed for my race (white) and it seemed to be a non issue unless people were harassed that were more ethnic.  I found this to be incredibly racist.

Students are first, always, but top level management does not listen to any one below their grade and consistently gives themselves credit and accolades to the detriment of everyone else including the ones who are actually doing the work. Each employee group is distrustful of others and actively finds ways to promote internal interests to the detriment of others including teachers. Managers are not given any training and it shows. Priority is given to a favored few who slide in their work while others pick up the slack. Communication is non-existent beyond what they think looks good and every thing else has no place. 

Working for the community college was a great career that had many different avenues you could take and several departments you could work in. There are different areas of the school that can suit your interests, and employee policies to help guide your career path. It was nice having paid holidays like a traditional school which other “typical” career fields do not have, ie spring break, Fridays in the summer are closed, employee work days, etc.
If you ever had a question there’s always someone that has answers even if you do t work directly with that person/in that area. 

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Faculty 6 salaries reported	$52.00 per hour
Student coordinator 3 salaries reported	$32.24 per hour

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