Is Virginia Tech a good company to work for?

Virginia Tech has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,211 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 88% of employees would recommend working at Virginia Tech to a friend and 73% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Virginia Tech have been left by employees working as Undergraduate Researcher , Teaching Assistant and Intern .

Does Virginia Tech pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Virginia Tech employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Virginia Tech. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Virginia Tech?

88% of Virginia Tech employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Virginia Tech 4.0 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 Virginia Tech?

Graduate Research Assistant (382) , Research Assistant (165) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (132) , Graduate Assistant (51) , Graduate Student (50) , Undergraduate Research Assistant (44) , Dining Services (42) , Teaching Assistant (34) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (31) , Postdoctoral Associate (29) , Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (29) , Research Associate (28) , Student Worker (26) , Research Scientist (25) , GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant (22)

What are the pros of working at Virginia Tech according to real employee reviews?

"The people are nice and friendly" ((in 191 reviews)); "If your professor is good it's generally easy to have flexible hours provided you get your work done." ((in 109 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and clean" ((in 84 reviews)); "Staff is great and flexible with work schedules" ((in 52 reviews)); "Coworkers are great." ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Virginia Tech according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low for some of the more difficult work but can be a lot of downtime" ((in 152 reviews)); "Poor management and high employee turnover." ((in 43 reviews)); "Bad communication and from higher" ((in 17 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 14 reviews)); "Upper management and central management seems to have a lot of turnover, which creates a lot of change and unbalance sometimes." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Virginia Tech layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Virginia Tech layoffs and their outlook for job security at Virginia Tech in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Virginia Tech locations?

Blacksburg , Arlington , Roanoke , Falls Church , Richmond , Alexandria , Virginia Beach , Washington , New York , Blackstone , Norfolk , Christiansburg , Suffolk , Herndon , Atlanta , Hillsborough , Newark , Virgin , DeKalb , Floyd , Gordonsville , Lexington , Charlottesville , Chester , Williamsburg , Manassas , Middleburg , Purcellville , Reston , Sterling

Virginia Tech reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(2,897 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

81% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,897 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Virginia Tech 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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3K reviews

4.0

Dec 22, 2016

Special Research Faculty

Special research faculty

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Pros

It was a state job, had decent benefits and better retirement contributions than my private sector contributions. Technically I had holidays observed by the state off. Was a solid and stable job.

Cons

Health benefits were ok, not as good as what I had in the private sector. I was a researcher so holidays and breaks were often not observed, all major holidays were though. Raises were scarce unless given by the state. Employment is dependent on research grant funding.

4.0

Dec 18, 2016

RA

Anonymous employee

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4.0

Dec 16, 2016

Graduate Researcher in Mech. Eng.

Graduate research assistant

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Pros

Some great research being done at the institution with lots of opportunities to get involved. Very supportive atmosphere. The higher ups in the Mechanical Engineering department are focusing on larger and larger grants, so there are partnership opportunities with industry available.

Cons

The GRA contract process can be a bit stressful as you have to renew your contract every semester. If you have an advisor who isn't on top of his/her paperwork, then you can find yourself in a last minute scramble to get funding. Constant writing of proposals and publications is a must in order to assure that your lab gets sufficient funding.

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