Arizona State University Employee Reviews

Flexible work hours. Fun to work with student workers except abit confusing in all aspects when first join.

I have not been at the company long enough

ASU is forward-thinking and makes an investment in it employees.

I appreciate the values of the university.

The reward for hard work is more work. Raises are miniscule and new hires are often started near the max wages of those who have been there for a decade. 12% Mandatory AZ State retirement that is matched but it it nearly impossible to meet the metrics unless you work there for 25 years.

Open to ideas and balance of work and life

Not much. There are too many white men, all above a certain age.

They take into account what key stakeholders need and want while ensuring their employees are motivated to create the deliverables a project requires.

Lots of endless pushing to get tested for COVID. Disconnected about impacts of paying to park where you work and the cost of parking.

Wide view of possibilities and doesn't micromanage

Ethics, being human, not exploiting educators and students, stop being corporate

Transparency and be more down to earth. A lot of privilege above the manager level and they like it that way.

Creating a workplace culture that makes me not dread coming to work every day. DEI processes/training built in for staff and implemented in terms of administrative work, not just our public facing programs. Learning how to make staff feel valued. Increased transparency. Less micro-managing.

Communicating what they want better

Review from Engineering Dept

ASU employees are enrolled in a pension fund. Many companies only provide 401k's, so there is a big difference in how employees are compensated.

vacation policy is great versus industry

The ability to have flexibility in my schedule.

The retirement deal is very good

Review from Engineering Dept

We're underpaid, most of us. Rolling out the boilerplate that we get tuition benefits etc gets old and hollow, especially when from folks making 2x or more than we do.

Typically employees below director level are paid 20-25% below what they would in the private sector. It's too much money to leave on the table if you are young and ambitious. They need to bring pay up a lot. Saying we get free tuition for ourselves and 75% off for dependents doesn't matter to us.

I am underpaid (even for working at ASU) and there's no path forward built into my department. Our "merit raises," if we are deemed worth a merit raise, don't even keep up with inflation. My director doesn't reflect back in ways that make you think he hears you and very defensive if critique occurs.

Higher wages would make me feel more valued

ASU wages are very low. They try to make up for it by highlighting the great benefits and free tuition.

Unity, fun, get things done fast

They are knowledgeable about their work. They are customer-service oriented and good at transactional things.

We work together to find solutions that create the best value for customers and stakeholders.

Co-workers are good overall, some great people, but they mostly feel they settled. On the customer level, they are mostly competent and decent.

Great peers to work with, smart folks, nice people

We do meet a lot. We meet far more than in any other job that I have had. In many cases, the meetings are productive, but sometimes, we are waiting for someone to arrive to lead the meeting. Also, the meeting "ice breakers" tend to go on too long.

Inclusive, flexible, but sometimes can't meet too many coworkers

The values - ASU strives to be affordable & accessible to make an education more easily attainable.

Our leadership creates an atmosphere that is engaging and where people want to do their best.

The work itself is great. I'd be so happy remote just doing my own thing at this point even though I like collaborating. I love when I get to work with students and community members and do so via zoom a lot (and in person) but hate coming into my office culture.

The culture is the best.

Prior questions were given to me

I came prepared and gave them what was required to win the position from my past experiences.

Predictable and the people we nice

I had questions to cover but there was time to talk a bit more informally and for me to ask questions as well. I think this more informal space is what actually got me my position.

You get to talk to people you will be working with.

The brand name, inclusive culture

Doing my own work. Collaborating with bright, like-minded people.

Everyone is pulling for the success of the department and individual; we are moving forward together.

Working with agency and not being tasked with useless things from management.

When I am allowed to do my job without constantly changing metrics that happen either because management is incompetent, they like seeing us run in circles or both. If the customer is happy, that should be good enough, but it isn't. A fixation on productivity when you're underpaying people is bad.

The people I work with and support

Types of projects, coworkers, making a difference

Review from Engineering Dept

Compensation and more fairness in who gets promoted

Management, vision, passion

Review from Engineering Dept