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Virginia Commonwealth University reviews

3.9

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,626 total reviews)
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Michael Rao

63% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Virginia Commonwealth University has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,626 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Virginia Commonwealth 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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2K reviews
3.0
Feb 9, 2017

It's a bit like working at the DMV.

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Pros

VCU offers generous PTO at 24 days per year. Really wonderful coworkers who are passionate about the students and higher education.

Cons

It's still the government. Plan for mountains of red tape and a glacial pace when it comes to trying to change things. While there are wonderful dedicated employees at VCU, there are also a number of people who have worked there for 30+ years who are just flat out incompetent and/or lazy. They also seem to be strategically placed to create roadblocks and logjams toward any sort of innovation. Employees are rarely given salary increases.

3.0
Nov 21, 2016

Great atmosphere and time off but little advancement

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Pros

- Vibrant college atmosphere - Great holiday benefits and time off - Access to the gym and library facilities as well as being able to take classes - Lot of freedom to do work without being micromanaged

Cons

- Little available growth in advancement - Stagnant salaries - Very political, big divide between upper management and other staff as well as staff and needs of students - Lackluster attitude about position so always feeling the need to prove oneself - Never got the sense that my manager understood what I actually did so praise felt shallow

3.0
Aug 17, 2016
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Pros

nice place to work for

Cons

HR very slow and rude at times

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