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      4.2

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (4,981 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 4,981 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
      Jan 12, 2016

      advanced research areas

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The university has high ranked academic programs such as Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Astronomy, etc. Specifically for materials science and engineering, there is a cluster of shared facilities including electron microscopies, XRD for various research projects. Also, ceramics is the area ranked top 1 in the US. The surrounding communities are mainly occupied by the students, faculty, and staffs, and the safety is pretty good.

      Cons

      The community is relatively small, and far away from the main big cities. Also, the winters are pretty long, so pack your winter clothing before coming here.

      3.0
      Dec 9, 2015

      A good place for locals; a harder sells for anyone on the outside

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good benefits and flexibility. Values and culture are important to the new president.

      Cons

      Low raises. Salary low for overall market. Hard to attract/recruit outside expertise because of low pay. Hires low-level IT people with our senior level-mentors, so not all IT work is done in an efficient scalable manner. Penny-wise, pound foolish since a senior IT person with one or two lower level people can do the work of 5 lower-level people and have a much better product.

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