Working at Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Springfield, OH Area

"It was a good experience with growth opportunities."

What do you like about working at Wittenberg University?

"I enjoy putting the puzzle pieces in place. Getting information without all the pieces is my forte. I can usually find the pieces and put them all together. It seems like I have an intuitiveness about the records and can figure it out pretty easily."

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

"Be careful who you work for. Some will stab you in the back, and some will stab you in the front. Both will hurt you in a heartbeat. (the salary scale is too high. I make 22,000 a year)"

What don't you like about working at Wittenberg University?

"I hate that there are two standards for the same job. There is a standard for those who work to a higher level and the ones who cannot work to that standard. Everyone should be on the same page. The data entry area is where I work and it seems that there is a lot of disparity across campus as to how to enter the data efficiently. There are constant battles for dominance between departments and there is a lot of finger pointing. Management is great at being '30 second managers' but there is no follow through. Interior and exterior customer service is almost unheard of. If you need to talk to someone in IT, you have to know who you want to talk to because the positions there have changed, but no one has sent out notice to the campus about who does what. Some days it is very difficult to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"First, I would have consistency. There is no consistency at Wittenberg. People of the same pay-grade have widely varying amounts of responsibility and standards. Next, there would be a little less 'professionalism' and a little more 'working in a relaxed environment'. Sometimes just hearing the constant tick tick tick of computer keys is more distracting than a soft playing radio. Finally, there should be a central data processing center to keep consistency in the data entered. There are widely different views on what constitutes clean data across campus and inevitably, the AlumnI Office ends up cleaning up a lot of the information that is extemporaneous."