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4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(3,239 total reviews)
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Gregory L. Fenves

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66% positive business outlook

Emory University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,239 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Emory 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
May 15, 2012

Emory is good

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Pros

Good environment to bridge multiple paths: Education, Research, Medical Emory provides a lot of resources for employee's, better than average education benefits. Salaries are higher or equivalent to immediate competition.

Cons

Paid parking. Over $600/year and this isn't even downtown Atlanta. Now employee's do get free mass transit, and have some park and rides. But just not readily available (not to mention some aren't safe). Emory has become very corporate. Emory has done a lot to provide resources, but Mgt focus continues to push inside the box thinking. Very contrary to other research / education environments. Also very segmented between University and Healthcare - this is strictly an Emory upper leadership issue. Even though Healthcare reports to University in org structure, it is left to run in its own directions (even if contrary to University). Promises had been made to help bring the two together more and simplify our lives, but still waiting. Also, benefits differ from University and Healthcare. It's a pain to transition from one to the other. And each has some better benefits than the other (you would think they would take the best of both and consolidate). Healthcare and medical side are due for a shakeup in leadership. Even though has expanded over the years, they've set some bad standards. At least email is only one system now, beats the heck out of having 3 accounts.

2.0
May 10, 2012

Good for what I needed at the time

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Pros

Work life balance and benefits

Cons

Arrogant management that caters to the students above all else

2.0
May 3, 2012
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Pros

Health insurance benefits are outstanding, as is the match for pension plan contributions. I found university personnel to be responsive, and the tuition waiver program is excellent for qualifying children.

Cons

It increasingly operates on a top-down authority structure. Actions are taken without forewarning, full discussion or concern for the employee. It is driven by the medical and other health sciences schools and centers. Profit-center mentality drives much of its decision-making. Not much effort is made to expand the university mission. While loyalty is expected it is not reciprocated. Positive feedback is slow in coming, and there is no effective mentorship program outside the comprehensive program for medical residents.

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