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Boston University reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(3,708 total reviews)

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam

90% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Boston University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,708 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jul 7, 2025

Staff

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Other staff are often great and lots of people are student focused. Good community.

Cons

Really poor training and on-boarding. Its basically non-existent. It is unclear if HR and hiring managers actually understand what makes a good employee.

4.0
Jul 7, 2025

Fun part time student job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

easy to make my own schedule, fun co-workers

Cons

because of student work restrictions, cannot work more than 20 hours a week, hard to support yourself on just BU jobs

5.0
Jul 5, 2025

Great place to work!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are great and good culture

Cons

None that I can think of

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