Eastern Kentucky University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexibility, teaching environment, opportunity to work with students

Cons – Parking is not convenient at times, budget cuts

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – EKU has provided an educational opportunity to full time employees through staff/faculty tuition waiver program. For the last few years the benefit has been for a maximum of 12 credit hours per semester undergrad and grad level courses. EKU resides in a small/medium size town with a growing sense of community and cultural actives.

Cons – Recent initiatives by institutional leadership has left many fearing job loss, a reduction in support departments (faculty/staff resources), and a decrease in the tuition waiver to 6 credit hours per semester. All this comes after several years of salary stand-stills and increases to tuition. Employees who regularly are assigned and undertake duties far beyond his/her job description are not rewarded financially nor shown administrative recognition.

Advice to Senior Management – The leadership has taken a turn for the worse. Recent decisions by the board have put strain and uncertainty in the workforce. Employees need to be valued and shown loyalty, not given lip service and dismissed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Eastern Kentucky University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Mid-size campus, incredible support, lots of interest and energy around new ideas and innovative ways to fulfill departmental goals

Cons – Sometimes folks aren't held as accountable as they should be.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University

Pros – The best reasons to work at EKU are the benefits. We have top notch insurance, free if you take the medium level, dental and vision insurance. We have 2 weeks off with pay over the Christmas holiday. We get 1 sick day per month and 2 weeks vacation upon starting, it accumulates as we go. After 5 years we have 3 weeks vacation. Too many paid holidays to even mention.

Cons – We have not received a cost of living raise in three years due to state shortfalls in the budget.

Advice to Senior Management – Top management, those who control the raises......The cost of living has gone up and we can't be expected to just sit back year after year without a raise!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University

Pros – Knowledgable and hard-working colleagues, excellent reputation of the university, small and friendly campus, supportive community with low crime and good education, good president

Cons – Lack of communication from some administrative leaders, sometimes disappointed in administrative advocacy for employees, budget constraints during today's economic crisis

Advice to Senior Management – No advice

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University

Pros – If you are from the community, it is extremely convenient. Chances are, you will know a lot of people there, and if not you will grow to know people and not be displeased. Working at EKU was like a big family, seems like we all know each other and that's about a great a working environment as you could want.

Cons – The only one I can really think of is the fact that some of the older people in management might need to move on. Seems like a lot of tools end up in charge and things can go from great to lame pretty quick. Sometimes it's bad enough that you stop to wonder how they even got that far, but it's not super bad as I did enjoy my time there.

Advice to Senior Management – Some people really need to be evaluated for effective leadership skills. Others really need their work looked at, it seems like there is a lot of glaring errors and they go unnoticed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eastern Kentucky University

Pros – Good people - The hierarchy is pretty approachable and open to new ideas. There seems to be some good changes taking place and Eastern needs to capitalize on thier strengths and continue to seek out quality students and invest in them staying. The retirement plan is very good, and the benefits are not bad as well. Free parking for employees is a plus, but parking nazis need help with customer service!

Cons – The infrastructre of the University needs work and quality of students is low. Eastern really needs to invest in more mentoring and personal contact with students, not more in electronic resources, which is very impersonal.

Advice to Senior Management – think forward for retention and don't hesitate to hire outside people enough money to bring new ideas.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend