I got a super fast orientation by the university, which I would not have even known to attend had I not figured out how to activate my university email by myself, by digging through buried documents online. There are regular deadlines that I do not hear about until the last minute when another faculty member mentions it in passing. The relevant documents never sent to me. For service, I am asked to do a process I've never heard of with no instructions. There are different regulations for different kinds of classes I am assigned to. I find information on this by digging through buried PDFs on the website.
Is this a private uni thing? Is it better regulated at the state schools? Or is this just typical of disorganized academics working in the same place? Or is forcing the new guy to ask emba ...r r assing questions hazing?