Apollo Group Employer Reviews

Start of day begins with reaching out to students 100 to 120 dials in the morning. After dials I return all emails and voice mails in the order they were received. Further prospecting, retention calls are made, including taking warm transfer calls. All urgent issues are extinguished as prompt as possible with extreme professionalism. Consistent graduation – more... team cohesion was important for student success and retention.
I learned that as a large fortune 500 company we were still a school and should always keep the students best interest in mind above our own opinions and beliefs, its their degree after all.

Management was open to our progression and encouraging in advancement. My co workers were my favorite part of the job, we all had a common goal in mind for the students well being.
The hardest part of the job was telling students that did not qualify that they could not attend the university.

Campus challenges and co workers were my favorite part of the job, including the extra curricular activities like salsa challenges etc. – less

Co workers are mostly scholars and is plaesent to help people achieve life objectives.
Being a for profit institution sometimes ideals collide with objectives

Great training, people are valued. Great company to grow and move up with.

Easily the worst place I've worked. Everyone was overworked and incredibly stressed out. This made people crankier than they normally should be as well as causing everything to either to finish their project late or with be done with the maximum amount of pain. Management was inept and hardly ever around when you needed them. At points, the turnover – more... rates was ridiculous and already shorthanded departments would be half-staffed. – less

Apollo Group is a great company to work for. Great work environment. Love the benefits.

While times earlier in the 2000s were thriving, recent drop of on-line enrollments has had an affect on the organization. Much restructuring and uncertainty.

Culture revolves around student experience. Smart finance group. Best part of job was challenge to learn new finance reporting tools and team.

8 managers in 7 months. And still growing.
The company have no plan of keeping any employee from resigning. No more tenanted people to work with any more...

A typical day at Apollo includes multi-tasking, coordinating and managing emergencies, and managing changing priorities. The last three years have brought many changes in leadership and organizational structure. The best part of this job has been the opportunity to learn and gain new skills. Challenges are always available for those who wish to take – more... them on. The most challenging part has been trying to understand the strategic goals and objectives, and how the changes support them. – less

I really loved my job at UOPx. The people were great and the corporate office tried very hard to make it a good place to work. However, there was always an unstable vibe in the place. It sucked because every few months when you pulled into work the lift gates to the parking garages would be open, but meant there was a layoff that day. I worked almost – more... four years and made it through several layoffs. I earned a Bachelors and almost an entire master's from two other schools because the group work is a joke and unreliable. It is a good place to get started working, but a long career is almost out of the question unless you learn how to say 'ok' all of the time and keep up with almost weekly changes to how to perform your job.
Great benefits. – less

I cant think of any way that this company can improve. The company values its employees and there is a lot of opportunity to grow.

I love helping students and making a difference in others lives.

Trust me, the favorable reviews on this complany are from lies. This place is for the dogs. Your co-workers are great people, but management and just the way they run things (corporate) are immediate headaches. Nothing makes sense and they make up the rules as they go. They work you to death and squeeze all the lifr out of you. Steer clear or suffer – more... the consequences. There is also no job security. When I saw a lot of my co-workers being randomly fired for no reason I decided to just leave. You do bond with your co-workers because no one else would believe the bufoonery that you experience at work so you end up bonding with co-workers who could relate. – less

If you thrive working in a constantly changing environment with ambiguous expectations, then this is the place for you. Leadership has no long term focus in IT. Job security is low due to constant change and a poor business outlook in for-profit education.

Getting things accomplished is next to impossible with ever changing priorities.

This is place where you can learn things. Team is good..
Poor management and unnecessary hierarchy

If you have read the news over the past few months then you would already know this. Over 100 campuses and learning centers nationwide have been shut down as they continue to focus on their online campus. Applying for a position at a local campus may be only a temporary position as there is no telling when this campus will close.

Very unpredictable, very laid back,corporate culture, I've learned how to work with others, get work done through others, take more of a leader ship role, the hardest part of my job is not progressing a student. Helping people achieve their dreams.

I have been with the company for a little over a year and I have seen more than 20 people either get fired or leave the company.

I enjoyed my time working at Apollo Group, but the management there is not focused on IT. The general trend appears to be outsourcing as much as possible. When I signed on they had no Change Mgmt function and I helped set it up - then they fired all of the Service Mgmt people, to include Change Mgmt. They had 2 change mgmt processes using 2 different – more... tools. There was no firm direction being set by management for IT. I fully expect them to outsource IT in the near future. The vacation benefits were excellent and I enjoyed the people I work with, but I would not go back there. – less

There are always new skill sets and software to learn, as well as Tutorials to help gain a better understanding of Apollo Group / University of Phoenix as well how to relate to fellow co-workers.