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Point Loma Nazarene University

Avoid Blue Collar Jobs at this establishment. Nepotism and cronyism run rampant in this establishment. Want to be promoted? You better know or be related to the right people. The fixation of higher education has rendered the culture with a great disassociation with their humanity. Blue Collar employees are treated as a second class replaceable workforce that is looked down upon. While there are people who treat others well, the general culture of faculty and upper management is a frustrating lack of respect for blue collar level employees. A sense of self importance is cultivated by most people at Point Loma. The lack of diversity is disgraceful. Lower level employees are micromanaged and mistreated. There is very little trust of employees, especially around students. You are often told to avoid students. If a student complained about an employee that person will likely be fired. Rude and racist remarks are common toward minority employees, racial slurs go unpunished. Upper Management makes it clear that it's not an issue worth addressing. This is a common complaint with minority students that often feel mistreated and looked down upon by their classmates. To summarize this establishment is ultimately the  status quo finding ways to be politically correct without any meaningful changes.

On a typical day of work I fielded incoming calls, scheduled meetings, assisted in planning/coordinating business events, made travel arrangements, data entry, customer service.
I worked in the business center of my University so I had contact with both community and internal businesses and people. I worked directly under my employer and created a professional and comfortable relationship with my fellow employees. There was a rotation of other student workers who came in at various times during the day, so I learned to work well with a variety of individuals. The most challenging part of the job was keeping all the moving parts of the job in sync and relatable to everyone working on our team. It was very enjoyable to have such close relationships with both my superiors and co-workers.

Terrible management, everyone is to busy trying to convince everyone else that they're the best thing around. PLNU pays bottom dollar and they have bottom dollar, especially in their management. I've seen employees and students berated, yelled at, and insulted by staff with no recourse. I brought these concerns to both management and hr and nothing came off it. 

In my time there I was told by the dean of students to lie to students and their parents. Regularly received contradictory instructions, had my work stolen and presented by others, received no credit for going above and beyond and lied to more times than I could track.

If you're a fan of tireless bureaucracy, have limited or no aspirations for advancement, are not interested in a fair wage, and don't mind being used and abused then PLNU offers decent vacation time and a nice view.

Point Loma treats their employees well. Most of them work from 8am-4:30pm. the way it is managed is different in every department, but overall it is well managed. Some of the nicest and most generous people work there. However, some of the most snooty people you'll ever meet work there as well. Overall, it is a great place with great people. The hardest part is dealing with the low pay and slow advancement. Everything of that nature runs through an HR department that is trying to run an entire university... they are not very concerned with a low-end employee's individual effort. They usually give raises across the board (i.e. this year all employees received a $70 a month pay increase) that is not based on merit but based on how much money they have to appease their workers.

I worked 19 years at PLNU as an Associate and Full professor of business. PLNU is a Christian university affiliated with the Nazarene church, based on a beautiful sea-side campus in San Diego, CA.  It manages the balance between its faith commitment and intellectual curiosity and engagement well. I deeply appreciated the collegiality among faculty, and the constructive faculty/administration relationships. The university offers support for both teaching and research. However, it does require a relatively heavy teaching load - typical of a "teaching" university. The students were generally engaged, pleasant to work with, and desirous of making a difference with their lives. I frankly loved teaching at PLNU. 

Typical day at work would consist of receiving work order for different departments around school to set up events and base the set up on how the customer would like it. We had an exceptional customer service rating. I learned how to work well in groups, as well as on my own, to provide exceptional customer service to those i was providing my services to. Management was extremely nice and listened to us and acknowledged our opinions as well. Co-workers where easy to work with and easy to get along with as well. The hardest part of the job would be trying to do last minute set up requests with a time deadline and still providing exception customer service and a great set up.

Working with cross functional Student, Academic, and Operations teams was encouraged and paid significant benefits for the University. The comradery amongst those who were looking for ways to improve conditions and programing was strong. There was, however, an undercurrent of resistance to change within some departments. There were three strongly supportive academic departments that led the field in development, they were the Business Department, Nursing Department, and Teaching Credentialing.  The senior leadership was supportive of University and Community Engagement.

The organization is growing and necessary changes are taking place. This is a great place to work if you like to surround yourself with natural beauty; the ocean view is amazing! Most students and co-workers are pleasant to work with. There are great benefits but the pay is not very good and there aren’t very many opportunities for advancement.

The people I work with are very nice and hard working people. The only problem is that we're working a full time job that normally would pay 5 -10 dollars an hour more minimum at anywhere else in San Diego.  We're all frustrated with the low pay, and the HR department does whatever it (legally) can to not give us our benefits.  The plus side to the job, is being able to work right next to the ocean, we do get a good amount of time off. The most enjoyable part of the day is being able to work outdoors right next to the ocean.  the hardest part is not making enough money to be able to live in San Diego.  I've had to get a second job just to make ends meet.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving, as it was a horrible experience. Underpaid, students unattentive and had to build the LMS with all the material myself for no extra pay. Also had to drive miles to the campus as the classed weren't in Point Loma

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with students who dont consider that they are lazy and dont respect negative feedback

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not supportive of staff who dont have tenure

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Without tenure, you just get paid for the class. Poor pay and no support

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Adjunct faculty 22 salaries reported	$5,649 per month
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Public safety officer 4 salaries reported	$22.05 per hour
Enrollment specialist 3 salaries reported	$24.93 per hour
Program coordinator 4 salaries reported	$24.80 per hour

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