Washington University in St. Louis Employer Reviews

I love my supervisor and the people I work with. The benefits are excellant while the pay is below average. The raises are very low, 0-3% if you are lucky. The opportunity for advancement within your department is slim. The saying is you have to move out to move up. There is no motivation, no incentives and high micro management. I would love to move – more... to another company or department to have the chance to shine and make more money. In my department I do not have that chance. – less

It is a great job to work for love the benefits and management i have learned how to work fast and safe.

I have worked at WUSM for my entire adult career. It is a wonderful environment for learning and I have truly enjoyed the diverse backgrounds and cultures of the people that I have worked with over my 25+ years here at the medical school.

I worked over nights whiched started from 12 am to 8:30 am. I would clock in then receive my keys from the supervisor that was on duty. Then I would get the amount of towels and mop heads that I would think I would use though the night. Then I would go to my assigned area. I had four floors to myself that I need to clean which consist of me dusting – more... and wiping down offices, cleaning restrooms, cleaning kitchens, mopping and buffing floors, vacuuming carpets as well as spot mopping them, and detailing what needs to be done that night, pulling trash as well as recycle. – less

It's difficult to gain higher positions. Once you're in a position, you are branded to seek other jobs associated other than achieveing higher expectations.

Everyday I continue to learn something new working for Washington University.

Begin work at 8:00 a.m. Have two phone lines - receive approximately 20 calls a day. Usually have 2 to 3 projects going at one time. My desk is constantly busy and there are deadlines for everything I do.
I've learned Excel, FileMaker Pro, PageMaker, Outlook Express. Management - I'm in lower management - my position as a department secretary was changed – more... to a coordinator because of the work I perform.
I'm a team player, so I have no problem working with others.
The hardest part of my job is at the end of the fiscal year, I prepare a chargeback report which has over 72 columns and 5,500 rows in the Excel sheet. I help prepare and assist with 8 to 10 events a year.
The most enjoyable part of my job is working with the students and the large donors. I issue the benefits for our large donors and their students. – less

I worked in several different departments at Washington University School of Medicine. Each had their own challenges but I always learned at lot and also comtributed a lot.

This was never your typical medical, research, educational, and clinical combined office setting. Day to day activites always varied and challenged you.

I've been with Wash U for 9 months now & while I do like the benefits, I don't exactly like the culture. It seems that people who do the least amount of work get to move up faster. Some of my co workers think they are in charge and they aren't.
Where I work I use very little brain power. Its easy, repetitive work that I'm not a fan of but I really enjoy – more... working for Wash U. – less

In the middle of the great medical school is excellent. Did explored and enjoyed.

Co-workers were nice to work with, except a few who were blatanly favored by supervisor. One didn't have coding certification, failing the exam multiple times, yet everyone else had to have their certification---beacuse of being BFF with supervisor.

Great people and great medical school and research program.

Keep up the lab clerical work and manage lab machice. My manager and co workers were nice and easy to get along with. The hardest part of my day would be work with clean up the animals mess. I enjoyed the different people u me.

they teach many high quality people each year. The business school is ranked high nationally.

I was able to learn a lot about the administrative process and requirements for entering an institution of higher learning.

A nice and affordable place, a premier institute.
It's not a big city, but has good culture.

My work responsibilities was to conduct finite element analysis of an ankle foot brace, and then collaborate my results and findings with a group of senior researchers. The hardest part of my job was getting the correct material properties and mesh for the brace to ensure an accurate depiction of the brace. I really enjoyed working on relatively novel – more... research, and everybody at Washington University was supportive and great to work with. – less

I would not work here again ever HATED IT!!. the managers are rude and talk to you in a very degrating manor, there is one nurse who will probably never leave who thinks she is the boss of what everyone does, she is a psycho. washington university has great benefits but this particular department needs mental health on site at all times. I was having – more... heart palpitations from the stress of this job. – less

Tutored a peer in anatomy and the school was always on time with checks.