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Northeastern University reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,543 total reviews)
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Joseph E. Aoun

69% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Northeastern University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,543 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Northeastern 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
2.0
Apr 8, 2023

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Pros

Students are the best reason to work at Northeastern

Cons

Not a family friendly. Low morale and low pay unless you are in Engineering. Diversity and Inclusion part of the rhetoric but not the practice.

2.0
Mar 30, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good research, R1 institute, Great city.

Cons

Bad culture, ill-defined tasks and miscommunication between faculty and TAs

4.0
Mar 19, 2023

Good enough

Recommend
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Pros

The university reinvests lots of money into certain departments (mine)

Cons

They care so much about branding and ranking than they overlook important details about our day to day.

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