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4.2

74% would recommend to a friend

(980 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 980 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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980 reviews
4.0
Jun 13, 2014

Try to enjoy the journey

Recommend
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Pros

The cultural focus is academic research and is geared to promote collaboration and sharing of resources. This is a significant attribute in allowing creative, inventive ideas to be tried out, whether it is using facilities or talking with other departments.

Cons

It's very research centered, and there are no humanities to balance out people. There is not much social cohesion or interaction, everyone is in their silo. It's also a very high pressure environment so most people are stressed, but that's about the norm in high caliber academics.

3.0
Jun 7, 2014

A lot of long-timers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful campus and area, world-renowned research, great benefits, some great people

Cons

A lot of average and below average employees who stay until retirement and are resistant to change, HR more concerned with reputation than performance

5.0
Jun 2, 2014

graduate student

Recommend
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Pros

great resource. Best science, great support from the advisor

Cons

I think this is the best place for research

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