Virginia Tech reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(2,896 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

81% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,896 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
Oct 4, 2015

Breakzone

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, good work environment, all fellow staff members are all college students as well. They work around your class schedule.

Cons

Nothing really, if I had to say anything it would be working Friday or Saturday nights. But there's a decent system of switching off who has to work these times.

3.0
Sep 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great retirement and health care benefits! Managers are always willing to help you success and get to the next step.

Cons

The downside is the there is very limited company culture. Sometimes you feel like you are working in a vacuum. It's hard to connect with the main campus.

5.0
Sep 29, 2015

nice

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Benefits, Better than average industry pay, but be careful, HR will try to low ball you into a poor salary. Managers set the tone of their group. There are Leaders, and then there are managers. Unfortunately, I have a micro-managing, penny-wise and pound foolish twit leading our group. I dread any interaction with this unreasonable person. I am looking externally as well as internally for a new role within the o…

Cons

Play the game and navigate the shark infested waters. Organization is rife with favoritism, cronyism and old boys network mentality. Administrative staff are treated like second class citizens.

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