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      Northwestern University reviews

      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (4,087 total reviews)
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      Michael Schill

      57% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      Northwestern University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,087 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northwestern 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
      3.0
      Oct 1, 2009

      Job stability, but management sub-par

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, easy to get to if you live in the city, and the staff in the department are awesome people.

      Cons

      Administrator overseeing the department has no idea what anyone does (regardless of the 25+ years employed here). Treats staff like chess pieces, invasive and bullying. This is not necessarily the case in all departments, which do vary in culteral climate. But working within the medical atmosphere is going to certainly yeild those with "holier-than-thou" complexes.

      3.0
      Sep 17, 2009

      Not a bad place

      Technical support specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, Great people, Work hours are flexible, Nice paid time off, Have chances for career advancement on many levels. Fun work environment

      Cons

      Pay can be kind of below market, but that is normal in university work. A lot of under achievers there to just get the minimum work finished. Not many who care about their work

      2.0
      Sep 15, 2009

      A decent place to work with completely incompetent management

      Program assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits, generous vacation and sick time, good retirement benefits. During an economic recession, an educational institution is a good place to be as layoffs are kept to a minimum.

      Cons

      Management is completely incompetent. I have never seen so many do so little yet position themselves to look so well in the eyes of their superiors. Oh, and if you work here, sharpen your butt-kissing skills, because the only way to get advancement is to make very nice with the people on top. If you do advance, prepare to spend the remainder of your professional life in debilitating anxiety over whether your dean approves of the job you're doing.

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