Does EPFL pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, EPFL employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at EPFL. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at EPFL?

93% of EPFL employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated EPFL 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at EPFL?

PhD Student (291) , Postdoctoral Researcher (142) , Postdoctoral Fellow (93) , Research Assistant (89) , Teaching Assistant (82) , Student Assistant (78) , Doctoral Assistant (45) , Doctoral Student (37) , PhD Candidate (35) , Assistant étudiant (32) , Research Scientist (27) , Doctorant (26) , Scientist (24) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (23) , Intern (21)

What are the pros of working at EPFL according to real employee reviews?

"Good salary and living condition" ((in 199 reviews)); "Nice people and good equipments" ((in 60 reviews)); "international environment and great facilities" ((in 49 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 19 reviews))

What are the cons of working at EPFL according to real employee reviews?

"flexible working hours, school programme could be better, not enough opportunity to learn local language" ((in 18 reviews)); "Bad management (both in the bureaucracy and research" ((in 15 reviews)); "sometimes if the supervisor is absent is difficult to proceed with the research" ((in 14 reviews)); "People with responsabilities are not always the best managers" ((in 8 reviews)); "not clear opportunities after graduation, bad communication between companies and scientific labs, and even between labs themselves" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the top reviewed EPFL locations?

Switzerland , Chicago , Irving , Baltimore

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4.5

93% would recommend to a friend

(1,307 total reviews)

Martin Vetterli

77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Senior management

EPFL has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,307 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The EPFL employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0

Oct 20, 2017

Postdoc

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Standard academic position. Eventually, it depends on your advisor.

Cons

Life in Switzerland is rather expensive.

5.0

Jun 10, 2017

Great place for research

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Top quality research in engineering, great work life balance.

Cons

Learning the local language is necessary if you want to have a good social life.

4.0

Apr 17, 2017

Great City

Postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great city, great university, great pay.

Cons

The Environmental department is not as good as those at top US universities.

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