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George Washington University reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(536 total reviews)
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3.0
Jul 18, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits! Lots of paid time off for staff especially compared to private sector and many nonprofits. Inspiring to be around students Most colleagues really care about the work we did.

Cons

Silos. Salaries and job satisfaction really vary depending on what school you are in. No standardized pay bands. Can sometimes feel like caste system with faculty at the top and regular employees at the bottom. But that's probably the nature of higher ed everywhere. It's so different when you're in another workplace where every employee understands they are an employee.

2.0
Jul 13, 2026
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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.

3.0
Jul 7, 2026

Good workplace but salary below market standards

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Pros

good employee nice work good benefit

Cons

salary is not met at the market price

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