I worked for ITT for 9 months as a DOR. First, the pay was extremely low for the 60-70 hours that I worked as a DOR. Second, the micro-managing by our District Manager (DM) was unbelievable. We were required to extrapolate data from 9-10 reports into one master report and then meet with the DM on why we weren't making our number. It was always numbers/surveys, numbers/surveys and more numbers/surveys. NEVER did we discuss what was good for a student. We had District Managers, Regional VP's, VP's, Campus Directors all making well over 6 figures while we couldn't pay a seasoned representative a competitive salary. I witnessed students arriving to school at 7:30 p.m. regularly when their class started at 6:00 p.m. We enrolled homeless students and students that couldn't read all based on we couldn't discriminate. Everything was smoke and mirrors. What we all couldn't understand is that in early July they let approximately 1,000+ FTE's go and not one DM or VP loss his/her job. Doesn't that explain the focus of ITT Technical Institute's corporate HQ??? I'm sad that so many good people lost their jobs and the huge impact this has on the students. However, those that are responsible will end up getting paid out and going to the bank all fat and happy. I'm sure not one DM or VP will care that a homeless student that attended for a year is now $20k in debt and will never be able to repay. I wish some of these individual's could be prosecuted.
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The e-campus courses required by employees said it all in my book. Had to take one every quarter as adjunct faculty, as professional development requirement. Knew quality of education at ITT was suspect, after first one. One hour online course. The most boring, low level, simplistic, fact-memorizing piece of training I have ever seen. Then, errors in the follow up quiz we had to pass. And the courses were supposed to be training us to be engaging instructors. Should have run then. Maybe okay stuff for low quality, low cost, skills academy -- but for college with bachelor degrees, very high tuition , it was a red flag size of Texas.
Like cancer, they can hit at any time. ITT wasn't born with cancer...it died from it.
Not a "cancerous" company...but it was a good company doing good things...until Modany and Co. took over 10 years ago. They are the cancer...and hopefully they are never to run another company again.
It's was a shame in order to get rid of Modany (the cancer), the ED had to kill the patient (ITT).
Right on my friend. Fellow DOR here as well. The DM were a joke and an embarrassment to mankind!
Hope they can't sleep at night
A tragedy for sure. A cancerous company finally uncovered.