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Department Administrator Reviews
What is it like working as a Department Administrator?
November 2021
Chaos, Top Heavy Management/Directors, Terrible Pay, Politics and Bullying / No employee HR support.
Department Administrator in Reno:
Pros: The patients.
Cons: The top heavy administration. The lack of pay. The overload of work putting 2 positions into one workload and not paying for it. The politics and bullying. Terrible HR department - no advication for the employees.
September 2019
Works to manage programs and departments within your institute. Given lots of responsibility, sometimes without as much input to the overarching direction.
Department Administrator in Cleveland:
Pros: Ability to work how I want, ability to contribute my ideas
Cons: pay, leadership lack of transparency, commitment to lean structure causes burn out
September 2019
Department Administrator in New York:
The people are nice and most have been at Maimonides for many years. The faculty is supportive and try to be helpful. Compensation is lower than Manhattan if I had to guess. The benefits are comparable to other hospitals.
June 2019
Pathetic pay and it doesn't amtter if you work really hard and efficiently or simply do the bare minimum; hard work is not rewarded.
Department Administrator in Holland:
Pros: Felxible with working weekends in order to make up for time off during the week
Cons: Low pay, do not feel appreciated, valued, or respected as a woman
January 2019
Department Administrator in Boston:
Pros: I enjoy the project management aspect of the position
Cons: The calendar management
March 2017
Department Administrator in Cambridge:
Pros: I like Harvard Square and all the people.
Cons: The traffic/Commute into Cambridge.
May 2014
Things Not Seen.
Department Administrator:
As my job progressed I am involved in more and more programs. I have been expected to train and be the go between upper management and the floor workers. I am told to train or be the floor employees go to guy but I cannot make any decisions concerning them. Now I am being asked to be pert of the new hire orientation program but am not being compensated for any of the things that are not in my job description.
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