Caltech (California) reviews

After listening to us complain, instead of raising our salaries and stipends, they offered us group therapy, which was not that much different from Alcoholics Anonymous. What was I suppose to say in group therapy? "Hi my name is .... I made the unfortunately choice of becoming a graduate student. I suffer from overwork and underpay. I am here today because I am trying to get better. When can I get my poker chip to show how many years I have been sober as a graduate student?"

Useless bureaucracy, especially in HR and procurement. Managers are drawn from PhD ranks and often have no ability or interest in effective leadership or project management. Pay is very low. Political correctness prioritized above everything else.