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 142 reviews)); "Great People and very inviting to outsiders" ((in 110 reviews)); "Benefits were great" ((in 83 reviews)); "Student worker so hours are flexible and allows for feedback" ((in 33 reviews)); "Great graduate student community and culture." ((in 33 reviews))

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

"Low pay but it was part time" ((in 81 reviews)); "Low salary for postdoc research associate" ((in 52 reviews)); "Parking is expensive and out of the way." ((in 31 reviews)); "Management is poor and quite frankly racist." ((in 16 reviews)); "Poor communication sometimes with management" ((in 8 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

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

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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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1K reviews

5.0

Sep 27, 2016

Rice Review

Research scientist

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Pros

Abundant supercomputing resource, creative and friendly research environment, and beautiful campus.

Cons

Lack of funding to support senior research scientists.

4.0

Sep 21, 2016

Lovely university to work or study at

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Beautiful campus Friendly and delightful employees Good services & facilities (parking, shuttle, gym, ect) Clean and safe neighborhood (relatively the best in Houston, I guess)

Cons

Limited choice for food in the campus, but it's a small university, can't expect too much on this Warm and humid weather makes it uncomfortable to be outside basically from May to October

5.0

Sep 20, 2016

Math 101 Grader

Undergraduate research assistant

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CEO approval

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Pros

It won't consume a lot of time you can earn several meals you can plan the schedule for yourseslf

Cons

sometimes the handwriting was so hard to read sometimes it will be so quick that you can't earn a lot

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