Is Rockefeller University a good company to work for?

Rockefeller University has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 426 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 6% over the last 12 months. 85% of employees would recommend working at Rockefeller University to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Rockefeller University have been left by employees working as Postdoctoral Associate , Research Associate and Graduate Student .

Does Rockefeller University pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rockefeller University employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rockefeller University. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rockefeller University?

85% of Rockefeller University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rockefeller University 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rockefeller University?

Research Assistant (49) , Postdoctoral Fellow (31) , Research Associate (27) , Postdoctoral Associate (20) , Graduate Student (10) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (9) , Senior Research Associate (9) , Graduate Fellow (6) , PhD Graduate Student (6) , Teacher (5) , PhD Student (4) , Postdoctoral Researcher (4) , Research Specialist (4) , Administrative Assistant (3) , Director (3)

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

"There are many great benefits" ((in 68 reviews)); "Location is great and the campus is beautiful" ((in 29 reviews)); "very little red tape, great people" ((in 17 reviews)); "Cool coworkers" ((in 6 reviews)); "Nice colleagues, everyone very helpful" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Salaries to low and not competitive" ((in 16 reviews)); "There are issues with every academic job (particularly with low pay) and each experience will be heavily dependent upon which lab you join." ((in 11 reviews)); "Extremely poor management with no sense of accountability." ((in 8 reviews)); "Little work/life balance (most researchers live on campus)" ((in 7 reviews)); "I have had many opportunities to move on from Rockefeller, but I have never found anything quite like the atmosphere of success at Rockefeller." ((in 4 reviews))

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4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(406 total reviews)

Richard P. Lifton

75% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Senior management

Rockefeller University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 406 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rockefeller 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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406 reviews

5.0

Nov 19, 2012

Most people are very happy here

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great benefits and generally happy employees. I know for Staff (not students or professors) there is even compensation for people who want to attend any college.

Cons

Could use more parking on campus.

5.0

Sep 24, 2012

Being a PhD student at Rockefeller has been wonderful

Graduate student

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Pros

Phenomenal labs investigating great areas of biomedical research Flexibility of the graduate program (able to take courses at any school in NYC) Able to work for any lab, or two at once Each lab acts autonomously; so there is very little red tape, and it is incredibly easy to collaborate PhD funded by Graduate Program for 5 years Strong stipend with affordable housing on NY's Upper East Side Incredible support for students with children

Cons

Each lab acts autonomously; so your Principal Investigator (PI) has incredible influence on your experience (make sure you carefully choose your PI) Given the former, two PhD students with the same intellect and work ethic can have different experiences (which is partially the nature of science)

5.0

Jul 20, 2012

Incredible opportunity for research.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Outstanding resources, focus on clinical translation, benefits

Cons

Competitive and little structure to support moving into Assistant Professor. Not a typical tenure system from within.

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