NYU (New York University) Reviews

Pros

Very Small Classes - half my teaching is from books that I wrote years ago. Only three courses a year - Two in One Semester and One if the Other About 7 months teaching and 5 months off per regular PLUS sabbaticals with 0 months teaching. NOT a great place for a humanist to get rich; but a Great place to do what you like to do. I may NEVER retire.

Cons

In my Department, (almost) all of the graduate students are doctoral students get PAID to get their degrees- and never pay anything. But, many of the undergraduate students, especially many from the USA, graduate with demoralizing debt. This is true of almost all very well-know private research universities in the USA - but then, at almost all of these places, there's a bad thing going on.

Pros

The benefits - tuition remission, resources of a large institution, vacation, sick days, etc.

Cons

There are basically no promotional opportunities or opportunities for raises unless you're a dean. The titles do not reflect the level of experience and really hinder your ability to job search elsewhere unless you've reached the director level- which means at least 10 years or service to NYU. Raises are capped at about 1.5% a year - and those are the best ones you can get based off on performance. Usually it's only about 1%

Pros

good benefits (tuition, healthcare, PTO - if your team actually allows you to use it)

Cons

More often than not, teams are led by a faculty member who has little to no actual management experience, and frankly, is uninterested in actually managing and more interested in the prestige of the title. Egos run rampant and the university makes it VERY clear that the hierarchy or concerns are 1) students, 2) faculty and 3) administrators. Faculty, for the most part, are abusive towards the administrators. Many HR departments' hands are tied because they are not responsible for faculty, and no one is advocating for administrators in a productive way. Most are left unsupported, burned out, and eager to find another job. Toxicity can vary between the departments, and there are a few bright spots with teams that actually function. However, by and large, administrators must have extremely tough skin to survive in this university. Too many microaggressions to list in my many years here. The university is hyper concerned about diversity and inclusion at face value, but in actuality, the place is overwhelmingly racist and sexist in its power structures and the actions taken against administrators of color. Bullying, favoritism, micro-managing -- you name it, NYU is guilty of it all