Rice University reviews

More than a "con" is an observation about what I felt is a mismatch between the talking and the "walking" for what concerns collegiality, loosely defined (probably the most used/abused word in every meeting/gathering/report). Everybody is quick and happy to fill his/her mouth with big self-congratulatory statements about collegiality, but in my experience the collegiality stops there. It does not run very deep. That's been my experience. There is not a true spirit of being a "community", instead of just a cohabitation of researchers under the same roof. Dept. events (social, but also colloquia) tend to be poorly attended for instance, which I would consider a pretty genuine clue that people don't care that much about the rest or their department (and not just the divas).

Internal processes and practices are ancient. No room for growth. No appreciation for quality employees. Unclear career path. The pay is not competitive, except for the executives, and remains stagnant. HR policies that would make a real HR exec cringe. Extreme nepotism with regard to hiring.