4.0
Dec 22, 2016
Former employee, more than 1 year
Blacksburg, VA
Recommend
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Pros
It was a state job, had decent benefits and better retirement contributions than my private sector contributions. Technically I had holidays observed by the state off. Was a solid and stable job.
Cons
Health benefits were ok, not as good as what I had in the private sector. I was a researcher so holidays and breaks were often not observed, all major holidays were though. Raises were scarce unless given by the state. Employment is dependent on research grant funding.