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      As expected for a grad student - Graduate Student Princeton University Employee Review

      4.0
      Jul 14, 2012
      Graduate student
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      Pros

      - Finally, you get paid to be a student rather than accumulating debt. And with free health care, and optional (but affordable) vision and dental - The graduate school organizes events for the grad student population - I've had good experience with advisors, but that will vary depending on whom you're with. ASK PEOPLE IN THE LAB!!! It's important. - Good running nearby (towpath along the canal) and nice countryside to bike through just a few miles out of town.

      Cons

      - Very difficult to meet people outside the grad student bubble - Housing office is terrible, but you only have to deal with them a few times - Little to do off campus unless you go far afield.

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      5.0
      Jul 3, 2026
      Library student assistant
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      Pros

      EVERYTHING WAS GREAT! Princeton is great to both work for and study at. Go TIGERS!

      Cons

      if you love princeton, princeton will love you back, no cons

      2.0
      May 12, 2026
      Deputy director
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      Pros

      Incredible benefits, worth 40% of your salary. So much time off it's hard to use. Great health care, 36 hour work week (if your boss doesn't make you work more), slow-paced.

      Cons

      So much time off it's hard to use it all without losing it with annual rollover caps. Pay is terrible. In theory, you come for the benefits and the lighter, less frenetic workload but that very much depends on who your boss is and what team you work for. I worked for a very mismanaged research center where my manager expected everyone to be available 24 hours a day. Most PU departments operate at a snail's pace, no sense of urgency even on urgent things. Independent faculty doing cool things but the institution is very lowercase c conservative. No pathway for advancement, especially on smaller teams.

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