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 144 reviews)); "Great People and very inviting to outsiders" ((in 103 reviews)); "Benefits were great" ((in 81 reviews)); "Student worker so hours are flexible and allows for feedback" ((in 33 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 77 reviews)); "Low salary compared to similar positions in industry" ((in 50 reviews)); "Parking is expensive and out of the way." ((in 33 reviews)); "Management is poor and quite frankly racist." ((in 18 reviews)); "Poor compensation and need more active communication to graduate students." ((in 7 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

(1,496 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 1,496 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Dec 17, 2013

Teaching Assistant

Teaching assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Got experiences in teaching undergrads

Cons

nothing special, except limited salary

5.0

Dec 5, 2013

ESL Teacher at Glasscock school of continuing education

Temporary language consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have great supervisors, coworkers, and students. Temps and part-timers are treated with the same respect ås regular staff.

Cons

Adjunct pay, limited opportunity for advancement

4.0

Nov 30, 2013

Good resources, strong network, can be cliquely and exclusive.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant professors, students, good classes, strong career development center

Cons

Academic advising is fairly week on the graduate school/pre-med/pre-law side, teacher-faculty ratio is not nearly as good as they lead you to believe

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Teaching Assistant

ESL Teacher at Glasscock school of continuing education

Good resources, strong network, can be cliquely and exclusive.

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