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4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,432 total reviews)
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Lee C. Bollinger

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51% positive business outlook

Columbia University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,432 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia 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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4.0
Aug 19, 2009
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Pros

-Get to work and learn from the best scientists in the world. -Lots of opportunities to attend seminars and classes. -Housing in the downtown campus is excellent and cheap.

Cons

-Departments lack communication within itself and with each other -The paper works required to get paid or get benefit are too convoluted. Experiences with not getting paid for a month or getting drop from health coverage is widespread. -The facilities are old.

4.0
Aug 12, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

beautiful campus, very normal working hours, no stressful afterhours work good benefits package, vacations days depends on your level, you might enjoy tuition if you will be taking courses either for no degree, or towards a job related degree.

Cons

pay is relatively lower, even compare with other similar institutions full of office politics, and very bureaucratic. Can barely do anything thing easily

2.0
Jul 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Columbia University has really smart and talented people. Depending on how well-funded the lab is, you can have some excellent facilities, which makes the research that much easier to do.

Cons

management ruins it...you're just not appreciated there -also, salaries are low especially considering cost of living -the area of the medical campus isn't that great

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