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Michigan State University reviews

4.3

85% would recommend to a friend

(3,604 total reviews)
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Samuel Stanley Jr.

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Michigan State University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,604 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Michigan State University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
4.0
Jan 13, 2022

Great Benefits, Meaningful Work

Recommend
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Pros

The university means a lot to the community and furthering their mission means a lot to me as a member of that community. Pay is market average but can occasionally be negotiated. Benefits are good, some of the best in the state. Some very smart and capable and caring middle and upper management.

Cons

Everything takes a long time at MSU. Hiring, firing, promoting, raises, even simple organizational changes are subject to deep bureaucratic scrutiny and approval loops. HR actions can take months with little to no information available about timelines or reasons for the delay. Everyone everywhere seems to be understaffed and overwhelmed and we were losing people to burnout left and right when I was there.

1.0
Nov 29, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The co workers are great

Cons

Upper management, especially the president. Were terrible. The job was 70 hours a week due to short staff but the bonus was my resume looked so spectacular I increased my income by $80,000 when I found a new job. 58k to 138k. That is how poorly they pay for a doctorate.

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