Penn State reviews

4.2

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,977 total reviews)
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Eric J. Barron

77% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Penn State has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,977 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Penn State 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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2.0
Nov 17, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits package is pretty good. The medical plan has been decreasing over time and the prescription plan isn't great at all.

Cons

Political red tape is horrendous. There is a lot of waste that goes on within the university and it is frustrating. There is also almost no room for promotions and forget bonuses and employee appreciation.

1.0
Nov 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The benefit package used to be above market but has slowly lost it's luster. It is almost impossible to be fired.

Cons

Salary increases based on factors unrelated to performance, such as personal relationships with supervisors. University policies are not followed by upper management and violating eithics and forcing employees to break the rules or be labeled as a trouble-maker when you speak up about violations. Job classifications are based on what pay is available in the budget, not what the employee actually does. Too often supervisors push their work off subordinates. Definately a place where poorly functioning employees are promoted to levels where they do not perform well; no capability to do the job or interest in self-improvement. The HR office's professional development courses do match their descriptions and are a waste of time and money for departments. Unfortunately your performance review is also based on how many of these wasteful courses an employee takes each year.

3.0
Oct 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Very flexible hours with work at home an option depending on what group you are in, and they have great benefits. The people are very friendly and easy to get along with, if not even somewhat odd, but in a fun way.

Cons

Very decentralized being a university, so when you need stakeholder support or direction from the top, good luck getting it. Many ideas stall out before they even really get started because too many groups have equal power to veto or just don't give the support you need.

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