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Good place for entry level - Research & Program Associate George Washington University Employee Review

2.0
Jul 25, 2022
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Pros

Tuition Remission. They cover 100% of your tuition for any program and degree at GW.

Cons

Low salary and benefits. GW requires its employees to be on the site, but does not match the salary for the living expenses in the DMV area, unless you are a higher in the administration or a faculty.

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Pros

1) Tuition Remission is nice and adds a lot to the implicit salary. 2) Work-life balance is typically fairly good. Rarely are you pushing more than 45 hours a week. 3) Depending on your supervisor, you may get decent managering responsibilities quickly.

Cons

1) The pay at GW is significantly below market, especially for quantitative researchers. They try to make up for it with tuition remission but at some point, it isn't worth it. 2) The only way to push one's salary up is to switch jobs within GWU. The annual raise is 2.5%. Managers are able to petition HR to raise it higher but I have never heard of anyone receiving more than 5% and promotions are very rare, even among good managers. 3) Not great for quantitative researchers -- managers are typically more qualitative and thus aren't great at supervision. 4) HR and administration is super slow and often times gets in the way of an efficient office.

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