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      4.2

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,982 total reviews)
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      Eric J. Barron

      72% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

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      Penn State has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,982 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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      4.0
      Nov 22, 2012

      ITS Help Desk Consultant

      Its lab consultant
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      Pros

      Working at the help desk as undergrad allowed me to make friends with great people while assisting a great community and learning to be effective in a customer facing role.

      Cons

      ITS upper management tended to demonstrate a lack of decision making capacity when attempting to improve the infrastructure and services at Penn State

      4.0
      Nov 19, 2012

      Excellent Infrastructure and research support

      Research associate
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      Pros

      The University Park campus, especially, has great infrastructure to support social science research. Excellent benefits, supportive work environment, and great sense of community. The integration between the colleges through University wide institutes and collaboratives to generate NIH grant submissions and promote interdisciplinary work is incredibly beneficial for researchers at all levels.

      Cons

      Location is lovely IF you prefer a small college town and rural living and because of location, salaries for non-tenure(track) faculty and staff are not competitive with other areas of the US. At times, it appears there is a lot of turnover in faculty because it is difficult to attract and keep researchers in the area. Travel is often very difficult and limited.

      4.0
      Nov 15, 2012

      Stable, good opportunities, great benefits

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Positions are stable, there are many openings all over the university if you decide to change jobs, great benefits (especially vacation days and retirement), wonderful small town to live in.

      Cons

      Management is mostly people who have been there for ages, so not a lot of management skill or expertise, new ideas are slow to take off, still too much small town mentality for my preference.

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