Western Governors University Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Western Governors University?

"I work from home and can choose when I work my 45 to 60 hours per week for my 40 hours worth of pay."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you have no life and are confined to you home and love being micromanaged, you could have no better job than mine. If it was any worse I would quit. The only thing that keeps me is the flexibility of when I put in my 45 to 60 hours and the satisfaction of serving my students and helping them work towards graduation."

What don't you like about working at Western Governors University?

"Poor Management. Micromanagement. No concern for personal life / work balance. The general expectation that faculty has no life demands on their time and that they can work 60 hour weeks from time to time and sometimes more at the whim of management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn to forecast. Respect what the employee handbook says that 40 hours is a full time work week. Yes Salary means some times less and sometimes more. It should not always mean 45+ and often much more."

"WGU offers a flexible work environment that is great for remote workers"

What do you like about working at Western Governors University?

"I like the flexibility of the company and the opportunity."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure to research the goals of the company and the competency-based education model."

What don't you like about working at Western Governors University?

"There is not a lot of room for advancement if you don't have a terminal degree"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ensure that there is more room for advancement in the company"

"WGU is a great place to work. With a focus on becoming the best in analytics it makes the days rewarding. The city where WGU is located is an excellent place for families, with rich cultural opportunities. The President is recognized as one of the top leaders in education and business."

"WGU was a great place to work. I worked there for almost 8 years and loved it. The skills and experience I got and people I met and worked with were wonderful. I would definitely recommend WGU as a great place to work and would gladly have remained there if I didn't get let go due to organizational restructuring. My coworkers in my immediate team were excellent, hard working people and taught me a lot and all had great attitudes."

"As Western Gov Univ opened more offices in Indiana and Texas, the Phoenix office was completely overlooked. Most of us left or were fired because we didn't agree with the way the new management was headed. We all truly loved our students but it became very clear that numbers were most important."

"Great place to work - excellent benefits, good culture, opportunities for innovation, advancement, and personal growth. Your mileage may vary - a lot depends on the quality of your program manager. Mine is outstanding; I love my colleagues; salary is on par with my industry norms; good work-life balance and flexibility in my schedule."

"The benefits are declining. WGU expects you to work 45-60 hours per week. They pick and choose what policies to implement with no written policy in employee handbook. You will cap out on salary in about 4 years. The student loads are increasing."

"I've worked at WGU for over 5 years as a mentor and have loved most of the role during that whole time. The students need to be the focus and what the student's see as their educational journey, not management. It has quickly become a hostile work environment, filled with managers who retaliate and turn petty when questioned about policies, micro-managing of employees who all have graduate degrees, and the push to have insanely high numbers of students. If you like to be downgraded because of your education, innovation, work 45-50 hours a week while getting paid for 40, and policies that are not written or set in stone anywhere, except when it's handy for upper management...then this is the place of employment for you!"

"Worked there for a few years. Culture in Software Engineering has changed quite a lot since I started especially with going through 2 CIOs and periods of no CIOs. Its nice there is some flexibility with schedules if you need it, but no permanent remote days anymore. Seem to hire only Senior level positions and don’t have any Junior to Mid level openings anymore."

"Amazing place to work. Lots of opportunity for growth. Wonderful, inviting work culture. Managers feel more like friends. No micromanagers."

"Great company to work for!"

"Overall it's a good place to work."

"WGU has been a great place for me to learn DevOps practices and tools. I've met so many great people through this job, and it makes working at WGU a much better experience. However, since a recent re-organization of the technology department it has left a rift between teams. As a result, I do not have a clear path of growth and improvement."

"I really enjoy working here , but i want to explore new things."