Is Rice University a good company to work for?

Rice University has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 1,677 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 86% of employees would recommend working at Rice University to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Rice University have been left by employees working as Graduate Teaching Assistant , Intern and Postdoctoral Researcher .

Does Rice University pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rice University employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rice University. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rice University?

86% of Rice University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rice University 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rice University?

Research Assistant (88) , Graduate Research Assistant (67) , Graduate Student (54) , PhD Student (49) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (45) , PhD Graduate Student (28) , Postdoctoral Fellow (28) , Graduate Student Researcher (25) , Teaching Assistant (25) , Research Scientist (24) , Assistant Director (16) , Intern (14) , Researcher (14) , Postdoctoral Researcher (13) , Lecturer (12)

What are the pros of working at Rice University according to real employee reviews?

"The campus is beautiful and getting out for walks during the day is amazing." ((in 149 reviews)); "Great People and very inviting to outsiders" ((in 105 reviews)); "Good benefits and retirement matching" ((in 81 reviews)); "Great graduate student community and culture." ((in 33 reviews)); "Student worker so hours are flexible and allows for feedback" ((in 30 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rice University according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay because of low Texas minimum wage" ((in 81 reviews)); "Low salary for postdoc research associate" ((in 50 reviews)); "Parking is expensive and out of the way." ((in 33 reviews)); "Management is poor and quite frankly racist." ((in 18 reviews)); "Not a lot of opportunities to grow" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Rice University locations?

Houston , New York , Austin , Rice , Houston , Virginia Beach , Chapel Hill , Richmond , South Houston , Sugar Land , Texas City , Edinburg , Los Angeles , San Jose , Daytona Beach , Newton , Germany

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Rice University reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(1,497 total reviews)

Dave Leebron

92% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

Rice University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,497 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rice University 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Feb 17, 2017

Graduate Research Assistant

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of great research opportunities

Cons

Limited research collaboration due to size of campus

3.0

Feb 16, 2017

Rice is nice

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are some great benefits and perks to be had working at Rice. The experience of faculty is radically different from the experience of staff.

Cons

The administration has its own agenda and doesn't listen to much of the input received from faculty. Like other institutions of higher education, Rice emphasizes status and takes a business approach to running the organization. The result is a marginalization of the Liberal Arts and the associated disciplines. The common view is that those who major in the Humanities or Social Sciences do so because they cannot hack it in engineering. Also, the higher level administrators are obsessed with status and being comparable to the Ivy league schools.

4.0

Feb 13, 2017

General Working at Rice

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- high achieving attitude - generally friendly - get back to you quickly - smaller community so personal touch

Cons

- everyone is impressive, you have to really stand out - everyone works hard, you don't go home early

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