Great place to work for students. - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

5.0
5 Aug 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working part time at Penn State as a student is a wonderful experience. Managers/higher ups are totally flexible with your weekly course schedule and are always understanding during midterms/finals/other exams. While I cannot speak specifically to the department I work in given its small size, the challenges I'm presented with are interesting and require thought to solve. The work I'm doing now is directly translatable to my major choice.

Cons

The largest downside is there has been a great deal of restructuring of the department I work in over the last 12 months. The transition from one division to another division of the university has been completed though, so this coming semester should not have nearly as many meetings as the previous did. I definitely would not work here after college ended though. There simply is not enough room for career development in my field here.

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