Pros
The Columbia name, the compensation and benefits are attractive. The size of organization allows for mobility and advancement if you want to grow professionally.
Cons
After eight years at CU and having worked in 4 different departments, some departments/schools are better to work in than others. Overall as an institution, it still operates paper heavy, it would help to bring it more online and create better e- systems. There's a need to modernize more and invest in new programs, software, systems, etc., so we can be more efficient in how we run as a university/school/department. There's a lack of clarity on what the policies are among different departments, including the central offices where the policies come out of. This causes too much time wasted on trying to figure out how things should be done. Even some of the policies that are written down are too vague, unclear or confusing. While other polices don't exist in writing but really should.