research assistant

postdoctoral fellow

teaching assistant

research associate

cook

University-of-Saskatchewan

Reliable, consistent schedules do not exist at all. Often you'll be given 3 or 4 days notice of next weeks schedule. You may start one week working mornings, the next all nights. There is NO consistency.

You will be expected to do more than is really possible for most chefs/cooks. Yes, kitchen work is hard and fast paced. This place expects even more from all levels of cook, to the point where taking your Union Mandated Breaks is often an impossibly if you want to get your work done. It is actually ridiculous what is expected of most staff.

Praise or recognition of a job well done is never given from the Executive Chef, who rarely if ever, steps on the floor. Kitchen management is often sitting in their offices, with no real interaction with the staff. Middle Managers (CDP, Sous Chefs) really run the show on the day to day basis.

Be aware of your Term Position and what that really does mean. You may have your term cut short with little to no notice. If you are in a Recurring Relief position, you may be given the entire summer, and other long breaks off without pay, and without notice. The Chef will not tell you this, so be warned. I've seen to many people thinking they were permanent and full time to only be completely laid off for the summer, or only given 20 hours a week or less. So many people had no idea after they started, it was astounding.

Pay increase are small at best. Benefits are NOT offered to all employees, despite what the U of S likes to say. If you do qualify, they aren't bad.

I worked with some amazing people in the kitchen, and they are the main reason I stayed. In the end, I grew tired of the constant lack of care from the Chef and exec Sous, the ever changing hours, crushing work load and the general shoddy treatment of most staff members. 

Don't do it.
Get a job anywhere else. You might make a little less per hour, but you also can make gratuities at most other jobs, unlike the U of S. You also won't have to pay Union dues for a do nothing Union, or pay 100's for parking a year.

 Your body will thank you for it.



The so-called "instructional practitioner" designation at the Edwards School of Business (ESB) is very telling. Knowledge is demeaned to "just another market commodity." If present expansions in part-time contingent faculty continues, two-thirds of the "faculty" consists of "adjuncts" hired on poor paying, short-term contracts--to teach off-the-shelf and Web-based material they themselves have not created. What sort of society could conceivably benefit from the replacement of scholars with manufactured employees--each programmed according to pre-packaged content taught them by poorly qualified precarious labour. This new and expanding cadre of administrative bureaucrats have little or no teaching background and, if this trend continues, degrees from the ESB will turn out to be little more than expensive fishing licenses for fished-out lakes, rivers and streams. This increasing infestation of all-administrative universities amounts to a form of "leadership" that--metaphorically--resembles hoards of lemmings playing follow-the-leader over the cliff edge.

The Edwards School of Business is just another business for selling loans.

My typical day of work involved meeting the public which is predominantly students, faculty, dept heads and other campus staff, answering phones, using the PAWS banner system, the UniFi accounting system, the extension delivery department, interdepartmental relationships such as College of Education, College of Arts and Science, the Office of the President aboriginal initiatives and the Aboriginal Students Centre for Student Services. My role was to manage classlists, book lists, posting schedules, order stationary, take bulk print jobs for printing, doing class evaluations, sit on campus committees, organize public speaking events with local, national and international scholars. There was also opportunity to take classes, free training, publish articles and present at conferences. Lastly it involved being a clearing house for indigenous relationships, books, events, speakers, policies, government research findings, etc. The hardest part of the job was being sole departmental support while other departments had 2-3 support staff managing the departmental office.

Would be a great place to work If the practiced what they preach....Middle management does what upper management wants them to without question or collaborating. Upper management hires people that tow the line. If you speak your mind you will be given a golden handshake at best,  or they will make your life miserable until you are forced to quit at worst. Keep your mouth closed if you want to have a job. Don’t provide suggestions to management cause they will do what they want regardless. They don’t listen to feedback from guys who are on the ground. They waste money and resources on failed programs and policies. The approach now is to hire new guys who don’t know much stuff they have messed up in the past years. Zero accountability!!! For anyone, except for the lowest on the totem pole. They are always the ones to blame and held accountable. I am speaking for one area of the operation maybe other areas are better...I can hope. 

Used to be awesome place to work.  Still sounds like professional employees are pretty happy but support workers are experiencing increased work loads with staff cut backs and buy outs.  Knowledgeable people are gone and many not replaced and if replaced training is greatly lacking.  I work in a great College and with a great group but due to continual cut backs and restructuring at the university I wonder how much longer until we are out of work.  Lack of contract for 3 yrs and direction university is going with it is not encouraging at all as we are being threatened with wages being red circled and pay ranges reduced, loss of sick time, pension erosion, and possible job action looming.  Very discouraging and no longer matches what I signed on under.  I feel loyalty to my College and group but betrayed by the larger institution.

A typical day at the U of S involves completing projects, attend meetings and negotiating with clients (professors). It involves working with the production team to complete projects. I learned how to manage 10 projects at the same time. My co-workers were very professional people, very confident of their own abilities and skills. They were easy to work with. The hardest part of the job was to handle university management who was all out to eliminate our group through restructuring. My colleagues and I spent a lot of time fighting  university management and dealing with the impending layoffs. The most enjoyable part of the job was completing the projects and seeing students succeed in the courses.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It’s an excellent institution to work for. They provide you with strong support to help you achieve your goal. The students are also very good and independent and fun to work with.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Marking can be hectic but good planning can be helpful. Start your evaluation timely as scheduled and provide feedback also leave room for discussion with students and let them know how to improve their learning and experiences.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Teamwork and dedication. The environment is warm and engaging.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meeting with students, open discussion and modelling what was learn, connecting with individual students and learning styles to help shape their future.

A typical day will involve much interaction with many fine people. The natural of a research educational organization produces a stimulating, often leading edge environment in which to work. There is largely support for new and innovative ideas directed at opportunities for improvement of services and support to the teaching and learning community.
The university tends to suffer from top heavy administration and applies a business profit/loss model to an organization that does not fit that model. Being largely dependent on government funding or corporate support makes maintaining an open environment of exploration and novel ideas difficult. This sometimes impacts what would otherwise be new and exciting ways of doing things.

At the start of training (Which is gruelling and long), the management cared for the new staff, which naturally trickled into the first few weeks of the job. However, after the first few weeks, the boss stopped caring for their team altogether. There were no more team meetings, no more events, and no more check-ins which is not only unfortunate for the team but also for the residents. This made it really hard for the team to get along as ambition and morale started to drop drastically. Now at the end of our contacts, no one wants to work with a team that once was full of friends all fighting shifts are not being traded anymore and the environment, all in all, is hostile yet still no help from the boss.  

Fun place to work, loved the people who worked the summer position as well HOWEVER. The higher ups are nothing but manipulative and terrible at organizing their staff. Also most other staff members in other departments are constantly out to get others in trouble. anything from taking a water break will be photographed on someones cell phone and sent to the boss and you will be disciplined, still don't know what those people do for work because they seem to do nothing but sit and take pictures of us all day. So again great place to meet people, terrible dysfunctional atmosphere.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Research assistant 4 salaries reported	$20.97 per hour
Postdoctoral fellow 3 salaries reported	$52,167 per year
Teaching assistant 4 salaries reported	$22.55 per hour
Research associate 3 salaries reported	$58,333 per year
Cook 3 salaries reported	$17.98 per hour

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