Different Units work with different levels of efficiency - Graduate Research Assistant Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Oct 6, 2015
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Pros

It is a large research university with many different departments. The benefits of being in a diverse university community with a lot of young, energetic people around is great for entrepreneurial folks. A large amount of the students are also in science and engineering fields so that is of a big benefit for forging interdisciplinary connections. Great IT systems.

Cons

Some of the administration is very slow with paperwork. Weather is not great for 6-7 months of the year. Also the public transport inside the town is good, but it is far from all major hub airports and the local airport in expensive.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible for students, reasonable wage for most roles

Cons

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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Decent Benefits, Nice Amounts of Time off

Cons

Staff are the lowest of the totem pole and you KNOW it. Pay not enough to live by yourself as a working adult in State College Area. Will waste your time if there's nothing to do by requiring you to sit there while faculty and admin get to "work from home" (they really don't) President Benepudi will probably give herself 2 more $1.5 million pay increases while you work there unable to afford a simple apartment by yourself.

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