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Villanova University

Working in a Catholic Higher Ed school is about working to serve the community.  You don't work here to make a lot of money.  The pay is decent.  The benefits are excellent.  Time off is always a perk whether you work year-round or on a modified schedule.  Everyone I have met since joining is very accommodating.  Tuition reimbursement, currently at 85%, is a plus only if your children can meet the university's rigorous admission requirements and you meet a minimum 3-year longevity requirement of employment.  Many other schools offer tuition reimbursement at the time of hire—something to consider if you have high school students close to attending the college.  The university has recently re-evaluated and increased its base salaries for employees and student workers.  In light of the surrounding work environment and the inability of organizations to recruit and retain employees, it was an essential adjustment.  The university has already announced a tuition increase next year, most likely in an attempt to offset some of these increased costs.  This will put Villanova close to an $80,000 school!      

Working here has more cons than pros. The staff are not paid equally even though they are doing the same type of work. You have to pay for food and drinks on campus. management is really uptight about you sitting to rest your feet that you work on all day. if caught sitting it can lead to a write up or verbal warning. most staff and students are not racially diverse so you could be looked at like an outcast if you are a POC. One good thing is you can take classes for free, but they have to be from an approved list of courses and during night if you work days and vice versa. no part time hours and mandatory " draft style" overtime on the weekends. management does not effectively communicate with each other so you often get told to do something more than once. most days you will be asked to cover another building because someone is out and they do not have adequate staffing which will leave you running around campus to several buildings during your shift.

Working in my professor's lab was a fun and rewarding experience.  I gained several helpful skills and knowledge while working in the lab, such as plasmid design, protein purification, and assay design.  My professor was helpful in designing and executing experiments.  Other lab members were friendly and helped others where they could.  The hours were very flexible; some days only 4-5 hours were required while others called for 9-10 hours.  The most difficult part of the job was executing a protocol to the letter and still getting disappointing results.  The most enjoyable part was the nature of the work; it didn't seem like I was working a typical job.  I never felt burnout after working there for extended periods of time and it was intellectually stimulating.

Job Responsibilities:
-Scheduling all request for athletic facilities
-Event management for all 21 Varsity programs
-Walk through of facilities to see of any maintenance needs to be done.
-Updating and managing all invoices for outside groups using the facilities.
-Supervising all front desk attendants and student workers
-Managing all budgets for front desk employees.
-Working at the front desk of the athletic department.

Great working environment, enjoy working with all my co-workers and the environment of college athletics.

Learning a lot how regarding how to organize large events successfully, so that fan have a great experience, but are also safe in the venue. Managing and arranging schedules for very few facilities, with high demand.

Graduate Fellow
• Fellowship Program, contribute to MBA faculty publications through research and applications of business concepts
• Corporate governance project studying the valuation consequences of implementing majority-support shareholder proposals in Fortune 500 companies after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dot-com Bubble
• Conduct research in business IT management, including internet privacy, e-commerce taxation, crowd sourcing and social media for various publications, editorials and international conferences
• Business analytics project in regression modeling to examine statistics in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL

Working in a college environment and getting to interact daily with young adults was by far my most positive and enjoyable employment experience. I worked with a fabulous team of the Public Safety staff at Villanova University and thoroughly enjoyed educating the staff, the students and their families. Although my role of working with victims of crime on campus could be challenging, it was the most rewarding and satisfying. Being able to assist, support, and help young women on campus never seemed like "a job" - every new experience enabled me to learn, grow and gain more knowledge as well as forge new relationships and friendships.

Non-exempt employees only paid 35 hours a   week, little opportunity for advancement, no preference given to internal applicants, unequal treatment of employees depending on department and who you know, and only permitted to work one day week from home.

In my many years here, I have enjoyed a variety of roles.  I have worked with directors, faculty, staff, and students.  I'm continually impressed by the dedication of all employees to educate our students, whether it be scholastically, life lessons or career assistance.  The alumni are devoted to Villanova and continually give back to mentor our students, recruit them and support campus expansion to maintain our ability to continually attract increasingly excellent talent.  Villanova is a great place to work.

As a member of a research group, I encountered a large number of valuable learning opportunities and worked for a principal investigator who is excellent in the field. As is also often true with such positions, the work tended to be quite stressful at times with long working hours. Others in the group tended to very supportive and knowledgeable. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The drive, passion, and curiosity of students at Villanova creates an exceptional learning environment which is fun to be part of. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Blackboard is an antiquated Learning Management System, buggy and unreliable, the school is finally moving away from it. The internal dashboard is nothing spectacular either and feels the same age. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s a positive and easy going vibe, while being focused and driven at the same time.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assistant director 4 salaries reported	$59,500 per year
Assistant professor 4 salaries reported	$87,625 per year
Graduate researcher 4 salaries reported	$23,360 per year
Research assistant 5 salaries reported	$13.00 per hour
Police officer 15 salaries reported	$63,000 per year

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