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Caltech (California) reviews

4.2

74% would recommend to a friend

(979 total reviews)
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Dr. Thomas F. Rosenbaum

77% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Caltech (California) has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 979 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Caltech (California) 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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979 reviews
4.0
May 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The PhD students and postdocs in Caltech is super smart, hardworking, creative, and resourceful. They are surprisingly friendly, helpful, and always willing to collaborate. The environment is really great for science, research, and collaboration. Also, I was surprised to find that they also give good benefits. I have Roth IRA account from working at Caltech.

Cons

The campus itself is small, so Caltech doesn't have big core facilities like other big institutions. Also, since Caltech is such a renowned institution, I still feel pressured to bring my A game, especially as a postdoc.

2.0
Apr 30, 2025

Questionable Worker Protections

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Obviously a prestigious university and good connections.

Cons

Lots of resistance to the union and other issues.

5.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

One of the best decision in my life is to go there

Cons

The leadership team was slow at addressing feedbacks

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