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4.0

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,436 total reviews)
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Lee C. Bollinger

61% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Columbia University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,436 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
3.0
Jan 3, 2024

Great benefits

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Generous benefits including educational and volunteering opportunities.

Cons

limited career growth opportunities and salary expansion.

3.0
Nov 5, 2023

DDC

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, discounted meals, and nice campus.

Cons

Depending on which department or under whose management you fall under, the experience is vastly different for each staff member.

1.0
Nov 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People will be impressed when you tell them you work here

Cons

Literally everything else: HR takes forever and does not help; they get mad when you ask for things Bosses use passive-aggressions/microaggressions to motivate: then moves to verbal abuse/illegal behavior when the above fails I was illegally "fired" for internal whistleblowing. When I threatened to sue, I was offered a settlement. When I refused to sign the settlement, my "firing" was delayed... so I still technically work there... even though I haven't been into the office in over a month... Bros and bro-nesses (and ofc my non-bronaries) just don't, If you want to do good work, go volunteer at a soup kitchen. These people are stealing money from grants and indenturing young, impressionable research assistants to use as cannon fodder until they extract every last dime from the capitalists/drop of blood and sweat from you.

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