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4.5

88% would recommend to a friend

(1,701 total reviews)
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Christopher L. Eisgruber

90% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

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
Aug 7, 2013

Overrated employer

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Pros

Some positive benefits, job security

Cons

Pay is at least 10% behind industry... they treat operations and non-faculty staff like the help... employees have very little rights in an so called progressive workplace... richest university in the US, but one of the stingiest and greediest... it is not what you know, or your qualifications, but who you know or related to that gets the job and the breaks...

4.0
Aug 7, 2013
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Pros

You will never want for resources. If you have an idea for something there is probably money for it somewhere. The network is full of powerful and influential people; though it tends to be segregated. As a graduate student I was well taken care of.

Cons

The town is stuck in the 1950s, and it was even behind the times then. There are huge wealth disparities that loom over the entire area. It is a vigilantly self-protected bubble of prestige and intellectual reclusiveness. It is hard to find an appropriate word for the culture there--one where every conversation is high stakes and with consequences for one's status. If you're looking for any sort of cosmopolitan sensibilities, you've come to the wrong place.

4.0
Jun 5, 2013

Great place for top-quality research

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Pros

An inspiring environment with lots of smart people to learn from. Close to New York City.

Cons

The town is not the most happening place.

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