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      4.5

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (1,701 total reviews)
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      Christopher L. Eisgruber

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      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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      2.0
      Sep 1, 2016

      More Mediocre Than Expected

      Engineering researcher
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      Pros

      Cutting-edge research with scientists and engineers who are at the forefront of their fields.

      Cons

      Thanks to the pyramid scheme which is academia, the professors only want graduate and undergraduate students to provide a cheap labor supply.

      3.0
      Jan 10, 2016

      Know and use the resources available, choose carefully who you will work for

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      McGraw Teaching and Learning center is phenomenal, with many passionate administrators focused on developing students' abilities to educate themselves and others proactively. Many odd discretionary funds (for travel, medical expenses, hardship funds), though they are not publicly advertised and many of them you need to ask around and know the right people in the graduate school Name prestige colleagues with in depth knowledge in their fields, great academic and non-academic discussions with critical thinkers Collaborative (within the university)

      Cons

      Professors and students alike can be very entitled, lack diversity of thought Widespread adoption of policies that are detrimental to student success (e.g., choosing not to publish work at all rather than publish in a lesser journal, choosing to compete with labs outside the university working on similar projects rather than collaborating) NO REGULATION OF FACULTY - the system is very de-centralized and there is a large power gap between graduate students and faculty, providing little protection in precarious situations. There is no accountability for their actions Low network connections to non-academic jobs Housing

      3.0
      Sep 28, 2015

      Place has changed over the years

      Administrative assistant
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      Pros

      Princeton has great vacation time and fairly good benefits and health programs.

      Cons

      It has gotten very corporate in the last 5 or 6 years. It is very hard for an employee to get promotions within the University. Their raises are generally 2.5% yearly no matter how hard you work. They seem to be hiring many people from the outside and are not offering promotions within. They are big on hiring people with advanced degrees for positions that really don't require it. Very political although some departments are better than others.

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