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      4.2

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,978 total reviews)
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      Eric J. Barron

      73% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      Penn State has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,978 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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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 14, 2019

      Horrible boss, great benefits

      Research technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits: Healthcare, Sick days, 401K. Worked on an interesting project. Team members were nice and very smart.

      Cons

      Pay. Was paid half of what my peers working in industry made. An insane boss. HR had no consequences for them. Very toxic place. Cost of living in State College is not cheap. You can live 45 minutes away and drive in and get a cheap place but nothing in town. Very expensive.

      2.0
      Jan 22, 2019

      Arbitrary and unforgiving: good and bad, but you are worth much less than the reputation of your boss or the university

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are great, especially for student employees, and the university is vibrant and full of interesting and insightful minds. There is a lot of good in the institution and lots of people who care.

      Cons

      Everything you produce may feel half-baked due to resource constraints, largely because there doesn't seem to be any accountability at the highest echelons, and the institution is extremely ego-driven. Some personal projects get no support and some get a lot, and it feels like the distribution of intangible benefits is extremely arbitrary. If people like you, it's great. If people don't care, it's not. If they dislike you, it spreads, and everyone now pushes you away. It can become extremely toxic extremely quickly.

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