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Stanford University

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Stanford University reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(5,728 total reviews)
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Jonathan Levin

77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Stanford University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 5,728 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Stanford University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.8 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Sep 13, 2010
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Pros

The campus offers a beautiful location, great benefits (medical, retirement, wellness rewards), encouragement for alternative transportation, strong focus on work/life balance

Cons

firmly entrenched bureaucracy frowns upon any attempt to change the library's systems; smiling and saying "yes" is considered a more valuable contribution here than offering actual constructive feedback on how to improve things.

3.0
Sep 8, 2010

Good place to work... BUT....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance - most people's doors are closed by 5p Opportunities to participate in low cost employee health programs Nice campus Accessible by public transportation - and they pay for it

Cons

Extremely poor communication (in my particular business unit) Poor managers Most people who work here are lifetime non-profit people with no experience in the corporate world Insanely hierarchical, worse than any corporation I've worked for I realize this is an academic environment and it favors professors. That being said, if the university were run as a for-profit corporation, it would be out of business in a couple of years. In development, they set totally unrealistic goals - and there are zero consequences for not reaching them.

4.0
Sep 2, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

great pay and benefits, gorgeous campus, free gym. always working with smart people.

Cons

sometimes need to go through various people to get things accomplished, like getting paycheck, etc. If you buy the cheap parking pass, you have to walk FAR to work.

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