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      Stanford University reviews

      4.3

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (5,726 total reviews)
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      Jonathan Levin

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      Stanford University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 5,726 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
      Aug 11, 2010

      neutral

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      beautiful campus mostly nice staff and students importance of work life balance and health emphasized for all w/ a good manager, encouragement and guidance for work improvement/promotion is possible great place to network w/ different departments

      Cons

      parking is expensive and unfair - too many As, not enough Cs. C / shared lots are always full where as there are always so many empty As. Waste of space! snobby, sense of entitlement from faculty administrative employees hardly appreciated/noted cutbacks seems to impact certain departments more than others

      4.0
      Jul 27, 2010

      Good work environment

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Beautiful working environment. Flexible working schedule. generous vacation and sick leave time. tuition benefit of your kids for college. In general, people are nice. Good place to work after 40.

      Cons

      too relax. Not much challenge. high premium for medical insurance. Too many people are not really working for anything, or not productive at all.

      5.0
      Jul 26, 2010

      You have some control over your grad. school experience

      Ph d candidate (chem eng )
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are a lot of great students and faculty at Stanford. I believe your experience in graduate school depends strongly on finding the right adviser/research group to match your personality. At Stanford there are a lot of great faculty advisers, but not all of them! You definitely have to take initiative to make sure you get the most out of your experience.

      Cons

      The university is in a bit of a bubble (it seems students hardly ever go off campus). There is definitely still a fair share of graduate students who are overworked/dissatisfied with their experience (likely because they didn't/couldn't find an adviser that matched their personality. Professors are usually hired for their research, not always their teaching abilities, as a result not all faculty are great teachers.

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