Is Rice University a good company to work for?

Rice University has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 1,676 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 138 reviews)); "Great People and very inviting to outsiders" ((in 110 reviews)); "Benefits were great" ((in 81 reviews)); "Student worker so hours are flexible and allows for feedback" ((in 32 reviews)); "Great graduate student community and culture." ((in 30 reviews))

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

"Low pay but it was part time" ((in 73 reviews)); "Low salary for postdoc research associate" ((in 51 reviews)); "Parking can be expensive." ((in 29 reviews)); "Management is poor and quite frankly racist." ((in 18 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

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Rice University reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(1,496 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 1,496 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

3.0

Jun 23, 2015

Great for many, slightly frustrating to hard chargers

Mid level leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Liberal Vacation Time and a Beautiful campus. You are also doing work that matters. Contributing to the betterment of the world.

Cons

If you aren't faculty, you are a second class citizen. Under-performers never get moved along, so if you are a hard charger and ambitious, it can be very frustrating. Senior leadership in-fighting leads to many roadblocks for middle management to actually accomplish anything for the greater good of the university.

5.0

Jun 17, 2015

Great work community

Web developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people great work environment great eating options around campus

Cons

can be dreary at times

4.0

Jun 4, 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Access to multiple instruments - high tech instruments are available to anyone on campus that has been trained. You can look up the instruments on sea.rice.edu 2. A collaborative atmosphere is fostered there, so it is easy to approach unknown groups to discuss new ideas for your research or to propose a new one. 3. Of course this depends on the faculty you work with, but innovative ideas are encouraged and you are able to pursue them. 4. Located in an area called the village where different types of restaurants are available for eating. 5. Library is great. If it can not provide access to the materials you need in house or through interlibrary loan, it will buy the materials you need.

Cons

1. The parking is expensive. 2. On campus food for fellows is not the best.

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