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4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,432 total reviews)
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Lee C. Bollinger

60% approve of CEO

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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5K reviews
1.0
Jul 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Tuition re-reimbursement (starting after a few years) - Lovely Campus

Cons

- IT staff are shuffled into the worst work spaces; cubes, basements with no natural light - Pay is FAR below industry standards - Politics, Politics, Politics... getting ahead has nothing to do with hard work or achievement. Getting ahead has to do with covering for others incompetence

5.0
Jun 25, 2018

Great pay, benefits and overtime.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment. Fun and close knit. Pay increases the longer you work there

Cons

Seniority dictates advancement and PTO requests etc

4.0
Apr 16, 2018

Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are great, especially tuition

Cons

The university is huge, and with that comes bureaucracy and politics

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