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4.4

83% would recommend to a friend

(1,558 total reviews)
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Christina Paxson

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65% positive business outlook

Brown University has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,558 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Brown 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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2K reviews
4.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Housing and meal plan included in position -Opportunity to have overtime (lot's of it, depending on who your manager is, size of students, etc). -This position can be highly variable, but you at the least, you can get away with doing the bare minimum and getting compensated fairly well

Cons

-Job difficulty varies depending on a lot of factors, including your manager, the students you receive, etc. -Lot's of bureaucratic management; they recently revamped their payment system such that they don't guarantee a minimum weekly pay (this changed a couple years back), feels very evident that admin is trying to nickel and dime the workers, which you have to fight for -They don't allow you to leave your residential hall at night (even though you're not getting payed for these hours).

5.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexibility in designing curriculum and pedagogical support, passionate students; teaching stipend while being a full time grad student

Cons

wish the title was more indicative of the fact that we are the Primary and sole Instructors of a class section, not just TAs or secondary instructors

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