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Ticker Symbol Entity Name As Of Date Review Url Logo Company URL Company Author Title Author Location Author Country Summary Description PROs CONs Helpful Count Not Helpful Count Rating: Overall Rating: Work/Life Balance Rating: Culture & Values Rating: Career Opportunities Rating: Comp & Benefits Rating: Senior Management Date Added Date Updated Company Name Sector Industry
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Dec 12th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Mcnair Student Supervisor Houghton, MI USA Great starting job. Working at the university you attend is a great way to gain some work experience while maintaining a good work/life balance. Most of the positions there schedule around your class schedule and availability, and if you are prompt with getting your schedule in, you can work as much or as little as you like. The pay is on the lower end, and these student positions do not come with benefits that other jobs do such as health coverage/dental, but the work-life balance more than makes up for it. Easy to learn, Friendly coworkers. No free meal (while I worked there), short shift slots. 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 01:04PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Aug 2nd, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Lifeguard Houghton, MI USA Started out Fun, Turned Into My Worst Nightmare I was initially very excited to work at MTU Recreation as a Lifeguard. For the first few months, the job was great. However, as time went on, I quickly realized that things ran poorly. The lady who managed the pool for many years was not even a lifeguard herself, yet she acted like she knew better than experienced lifeguards. When they finally brought someone competent in to manage the pool, they never gave her authority to do anything; she ended up leaving after one year. Due to poor management scaring everyone away, I often had to work over 40 hours a week to ensure the pool could remain open for its scheduled hours of operation. One week, I worked 60 hours. Shifts were split, so I had no personal time; I often worked from 5:45am to 8-10pm. I had enough time to get maybe lunch and sit on my phone here and there, but never enough time to actually go home or do anything outside of my work life. I worked 6 days a week MINIMUM as they could not get ample coverage. One time, I worked over 20 days straight without a full day off. One good thing is that during the school year they are very flexible with hours, but its breaks that are the worst in terms of working long hours. Flexible hours during the school year. Long hours during breaks, minimal days off, poor management, low pay, no social life. 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 03:58PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Jul 10th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Marketing and Communications Manager Advancement and Alumni Communications Lots of layers of management, not a lot of actual workers. Zero loyalty to empoloyees. Michigan Tech boasts endlessly about a degree from Tech being a golden passport to an excellent career. I worked for Michigan Tech for more than ten years and completed my degree during that time. When the university began firing people in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, my department immediately fired the two Tech alumni. I guess they value other degrees more than the ones they issue. My entire department had to undergo ADA training because my supervisor was uncomfortable with an employee's disability and tried to force them to resign because of it. The same supervisor literally shouted at me in public on two separate occasions, once in a staff meeting over a trivial misspelling and again in the midst of a gathering of alumni because of a failure of infrastructure for which I could not conceivably be responsible. For this behavior, she was promoted to assistant vice president. Employee evaluations are not done regularly. I had two in my last seven years with Tech. Raises and promotions are—in my experience—based entirely on who the supervisor is friends with and have nothing to do with performance or longevity. I trained three new hires who were subsequently promoted over me. Two of the three I continued to have to supervise and train despite their nominal status as my supervisor. None of my putative supervisors made any effort to stay up with current communications theory and practice, nor did they make any continuing education opportunities available. Over the course of ten years with the university, I was not allowed to attend a single professional development opportunity other than those developed in-house. Neither of the departments I worked in had any type of formal accounting procedure prior to my hiring. Multiple accounts, each with different reporting requirements, were commingled and there was no indication that any kind of reconciliation had ever been done. In both departments, it was clear that nobody understood even the most fundamental bookkeeping procedures. I discovered an erroneous charge for $12,000 that had gone completely undetected and a cash deposit in excess of a thousand dollars that had been placed in a filing cabinet and forgotten for several years. Tech has, in the last few decades, become increasingly top heavy with administration. Vice presidents and assistant vice presidents and directors and assistant directors and managers all flit from meeting to meeting bandying buzzwords with one another, all the while living in abject fear that they won't make it to retirement before someone realizes they know nothing at all about what they're doing. I've never worked at a more stressful job and I've been a police officer. Insurance, "free" tuition, nice gym. Mercenary atmosphere, incompetence, discrimination, cronyism, weather. 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 19th, 2021 08:04PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews May 21st, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Director of News & Media Relations Administration Building Great, collaborative culture Michigan Tech is a great place to work. Challenges abound, and there is support from middle and upper management for outstanding work. The location in a small town on the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan is ideal. Small university, close-knit community, beautiful location Long winters, lots of snow, remote 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 01:10PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews May 7th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Research Intern Houghton, MI USA Great place to interview and work Houghton, MI is a great place to live and work. Michigan Technological University is a non-discriminating employer and the interview process is not difficult, though intensive. Michigan Tech's hiring process is fair and requires initiative 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 01:11PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Apr 21st, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Engineering Intern Houghton, MI USA n/a Helped first year engineering students understand how to use matlab.. became proficient at MATLAB after this ... i liked helping other people learn..that makes me happy! 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 01:13PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Feb 27th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Ticket Office Assistant Houghton, MI USA Fun experience Employees are nice and the atmosphere at the work place is pleasant. No real high stress even if there are some at times it within range of easy to coop with. 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 05:50PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Feb 24th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Facilities Management Student Employee Houghton, MI USA Productive workplace Good place to work. Independent work coupled with occasional teamwork. Very relaxed atmosphere while still being able to accomplish all the work necessary. 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 20th, 2021 05:51PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Feb 20th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Lab Technician Houghton, MI USA Great Research Opportunities There is a lot to learn working in research. Luckily those details are very well explained working here. The opportunities given here are a great place to start for a future career in research. 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 19th, 2021 08:16PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
private:michigantechnologicaluniversity https://www.indeed.com/cmp/michigan-technological-university/reviews Feb 13th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open Open Michigan Technological University Assistant Desk Coordinator Houghton, MI USA Very flexible workplace where school always comes first Working here was always very flexible. Class always comes first and if you need to give up a shift, someone will take it over for you. You have a good amount of control of when you work. The shift sizes work well within a college schedule. 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 Jan 27th, 2021 12:55AM Mar 19th, 2021 08:18PM Michigan Technological University Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

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