UMass Amherst Employee Reviews

A lackluster university that lacks visionary or organized leadership. The students are generally great, but the administration kills the potential the institution has to be the best public university in the country. PAY OUR STAFF. Keep our faculty.

its been fun but looking else where

I like working where I work now, and have found one of a few healthy and functional spaces on campus.

Open and honest about things.

Close knit group but can be all over the place

UMass is a siloed workplace - but this works for me, because I like to work within a small circle of my colleagues to achieve our goals.

Executing initiative. Listening to faculty and students' needs. Paying the staff a living wage so that students and faculty can focus on the intellectual work. Learning from other universities how the work is done.

There needs to be more tact and structure in managing

State benefits are generous - vacation and sick time, as well as health and dental insurance. The tiered salary system at UMass benefits long-time employees.

I have received outside offers from other universities and my School refuses to even match their salary. We have lost at least 11 faculty in the last four years in my School alone. If you value your faculty RETAIN them.

more competitive salary that is a living wage

make sure everyone has a say that is involved in the day to day

we should have a higher stipend or need to be paid overtime

everyone is it it for the same reason, just need to be more coheasive

I appreciate my small team - and I know that this is not the case university-wide, especially on larger teams with primarily entry-level staff.

We are all great team players

Ability to be who I am without fear.

diversity, inclusion, equitable initiatives and events

theres always something going on

I appreciate working for a business smart faculty member running an academic program - and at the same time, having been in multiple departments, know that a positive experience is highly dependent on your supervisor and immediate colleagues, and it is not common to be content in this area.

The work load is not fair so it creates negativity

The search committee and that I had a friend working in my department

it can be time consuming and take a long time

speaking to those you will be working with

The interview process is extremely long and cumbersome, mainly as a result of university human resources and unclear expectations on search committees. In addition, it's vastly different based on departments, and generally favors internal candidates.

the people interviewing should know the job and the environment

remote work and flexibility are important

seeing the students flourish and work hard

I have great coworkers and the job is never boring

The University lives in a bubble. It does not consider the neighboring towns and cities as part of its community. ENGAGE, RECRUIT IN POOR AND RURAL PLACES. Give the community credit for their contributions.

UMass is intensely bureaucratic and values length of service over quality of work. There are tons of long-standing employees in high-level and decision-making positions who are doing things as they've always done it and collecting a lot of money to do so.