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      Princeton University reviews

      4.5

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (1,701 total reviews)
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      Christopher L. Eisgruber

      89% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

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      Princeton University has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,701 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Princeton University employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      May 21, 2016

      Lots of resources and intelligence in the air

      Graduate student researcher
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Plenty of smart people, funding, and resources around to learn and do good research. If you can't accomplish what you want here, there aren't many places where you could.

      Cons

      Facilities can be somewhat dilapidated. Elitist culture. Focus of the university is very much on undergrads and master's students, not future academics. The administration can be absolutely horrendous.

      3.0
      May 14, 2016

      Not what I expected

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Most lower level employees are great to work with

      Cons

      No job growth opportunities, upper management is a tight group who is not open for opportunities

      2.0
      Mar 30, 2016

      Postdoctoral at Forrestal

      Postdoctoral research associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Princeton has done a great job on integrating postdocs as part of the university staff and faculty. Everyone in the staff I met (HR, Housing, etc.) is incredibly friendly and helpful. Good resources and benefits (though the town is ridiculously expensive and boring).

      Cons

      If Forrestal campus was on main campus, I would have given this review 4-5 stars. However, once you get to Forrestal campus you lose the "Princeton" feeling completely. Here is why: - It is in the middle of no where, and is not accessible except by a car or the terrible head-sickening princeton shuttle that takes 30 mins to get there from Princeton station. -There is no cafeteria around to get a sandwich for lunch or a cup of coffee (including GFDL, where having a cup of coffee from the lobby during speakers visit is frowned upon). - Buildings are ancient, in miserable conditions with terrible infrastructure and a third-world-like technology, falling apart, and pose serious threat to the students and the staff. (GFDL gas leakage, intolerable background noise, dark parking lot, etc.) - You are completely disconnected from, and missing on, great resources and opportunities, and plethora of events happening on main campus (workshops, public talks, theaters, libraries, ...).

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