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Rec Sports is a department where there is no sleeping on the job. It is very fast paced, and you interact with multiple different students that bring new light to the job. A typical day is about getting all scores in, rosters printed, and promoting our sports throughout the day, and then having our intramural sports at night. 

We learn each day how to manage new situations, whether it is with players, student workers, or patrons using the rec building. Being organized and planning ahead is something we have learned that makes us successful. It shows people we know what we are doing, and students have confidence in us. The management of our department is over the top. There are pros and cons about the management here, but in our rec sports department, we are small, so the coordinator just requires each student to work each sport to get experience, along with helping promote. The workplace culture of Tyler Junior College is very family oriented. 

The hardest part of the job, is the pay, and the managing of students. You have some students who want to listen and some that do not. It can make for a long day. Most of the time most students are respectful. The most enjoyable is doing things for the student body, and getting students to do things they may never do, and interacting with them.

Working for this institution of higher learning is a nice place to work.  You learn skills and the functionality of what happens at a college.  When it comes to the management, it depends on what department you are working for.  Some department managers reward and acknowledge you for your hard work while other managers do not.

There are some perks to working here like getting good health/dental benefits, paid vacation/sick leave, getting off school holidays, teacher retirement/alternative retirement plans and discounts to campus events.  The downsides to this job are that it does not pay a liveable salary for this position and there is no room for any advancement to another level.  If you are thinking about applying to work at this institution, no matter what job position is, my advice would be to do your research about what department you are applying for and make sure you are satisfied with the salary level.

I appreciate the opportunity to work with TJC in 1999 in the adjunct role of a developmental Reading instructor. I learned a great deal about my relationship as a instructional role model in the classroom in this level of teaching. This experience prepared me to work as an Assist. Professor of Education/Reading at Jarvis Christian College for 8 years.

TJC is a great institution to cultivate your gifts and talents and share them with the students in your classroom. The most enjoyable part of my time was being with my students and the faculty of this institution, especially since all of my children are graduates.

I worked in a photography lab as their lab manager. 

A typical day consisted of checking the camera (equipment) in and out to students. Cleaning all equipment and computer work stations. Working on schedules, payroll, and checking inventory. The job itself was very quiet and slow-paced. If you are looking for a part-time job where you can get paid to sit in a closet on your phone for a majority of your shift, this is for you. However, you must be a student. The pay is not great but you have a lot of time to work on your homework while on the clock. 

The head of the department can be a little hard to handle. If you are not the lab manager, its not as bad. As long as you have a "yes ma'am" mentality, you will be fine. As a person, she was great. She was really nice, just back and forth on what she wanted. Would forget things a lot. 

I start off unlocking the pool doors after I've inspected the pool and the area for any hazardous activity. Classes and students come in and swim throughout the day and I would make sure they are safe and having fun. I honestly learned way too much to place in this review. My boss was very insightful. 
      Management was AMAZING. They take extreme care of their employees, and they remind us that they care and want this place to grow in numbers. My co-workers were like a family to me. My boss would encourage us all to get to know each other better and keep in constant communication.  
     The hardest part of the job was waking up at 4:00 in the mornings for work. The thing I enjoyed the most was swimming my mandatory laps every two hours.

There seem to be a lot of "boys club" members at the top here.  There is little racial or ethnic diversity through the faculty/staff/administration at the school.  Yes, there is a minority president now, hopefully that will start to change things. Some administrators have too much power and no one seems to question their decisions. 

The students are wonderful and there is a major push to get students involved in organizations and to help them graduate.  There are a lot of people who are putting students first and it shows.  TJC supports families and work-life balance. 

But the management was horrible. Very Toxic above Sgt’s. They had nothing to do but follow you on cameras all day, just trying to find mistakes. If they weren’t following you on camera they’d be discussing how to upset the crew. Switch shifts just to see how we’d act. It was constant, never knew how long we’d be working shift. Always broken promises and everything was two weeks, they’d say and laugh about me it. Honestly don’t see how they get away with treating people the way they do. Most of us left, not because of low pay but because of how they treated us. Think long and hard before you accept a job with them….it’s truly toxic. 

The strength of this institution is that it offers a flexible work schedule, but the academics who run it at the top are grossly incompetent and self-absorbed. Also, they do not reward people who perform the real work. 

Moreover, they criticize people who do the real work while trying to get in "front of success" and point fingers in situations that don't work out well in the long-run. There is little to no leadership and the critics try to attack the real leaders. This institution is somewhat dysfunctional.

My typical day at Tyler Junior College consisted of going to class every day and monitoring the dorms for about 8 hours in a day. Three hours behind a computer, watching cameras, and five hours monitoring my personal dorm at night. I enjoyed my position with Tyler Junior College because it gave me free housing while in school, and I still had time to study for my exams. Would highly recommend working for Tyler Junior College.

I loved my job and my team but left due to extreme burnout. Expected to work after hours and weekends with no extra compensation. They needed to hire at least 10 more advisors to deal with the volume of students we were seeing. Average advisor only stays 2 years due to exhaustion and burnout. Work/life balance is definitely not prioritized here which I didn’t understand because this is a college?? There was nothing that was THAT urgent that couldn’t wait until the next business day to be handled.


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Student assistant 54 salaries reported	$7.60 per hour
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Professor 4 salaries reported	$46,750 per year
Public safety officer 4 salaries reported	$32,370 per year
Telecommunicator 4 salaries reported	$38,750 per year

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