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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

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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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5.0
Mar 16, 2023

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

My time at NEU was great overall. Great people and great benefits.

Cons

At the time of my departure DevOps salaries were below industry averages even for academia. This has probably changed since I left.

3.0
Feb 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

If you are in a good department that respects their faculty, you will be treated well and professionally.

Cons

Regardless of department, you will be underpaid for your work.

1.0
Jan 23, 2023

Confusion from beginning to end!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-- It's an impressive campus, and I'm sure actual employees do not have the experience I did.

Cons

-- I was hired through an agency who told me I would be working full-time. During my interview, both people told me this was a new position that they were looking to hire someone for permanently, so it was not meant to be a temporary gig. -- On my first day, I was told that I'd be working 25 hours tops, and that my hours would likely vary due to how much work I had at the time. Most days, I was encouraged to leave early, but I wanted to learn more, so I stayed and did LinkedIn Learning, which I was told was a viable option for downtime. -- I also asked for more work, and was given the opportunity to create an interdepartmental document. However, I was given minimal information and no one returned my emails asking for help. -- I was also told I'd be working on a DEIA initiative, but was never invited to any of the meetings that took place about it. -- I was told I was being let go after three weeks, or eight days of employment. My superiors at the University said it was due to a lack of funding and that there wasn't enough work for me to justify creating a new position--but I had done nothing wrong. The staffing agency told me there was an issue with something I'd said on social media and "to scrub everything" about the University from social, which I did. I still don't know who was correct, but I do know it was a terrible experience and I missed out on a much better job because I wasted a few weeks at Northeastern.

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