Virginia Tech reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(2,895 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

80% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,895 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 30, 2014

Great place for studying and working

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beautiful views and nice people, Great place to live for people who love outdoor activities

Cons

Small town far from big cities

4.0
Dec 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Virginia Tech is a great community with rigorous research standards. The school is located in Blacksburg, VA which offers plenty of activities to take the necessary breaks from work, but doesn't have too many distractions to keep one from completing their research.

Cons

Graduate teaching assistants training could be more robust. Lots of paperwork and signature requirements to get research credits processed for graduation.

4.0
Dec 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great benefits. - Great people to work with. - Small development teams/shops allowed me to focus on all areas of the development stack without requiring me to specialize in one thing and stick to that one thing. - Management does a great job focusing on me as a person and helping me better myself professionally and as a person. - Definitely an 8-5 job. When I get off of work at 5, I don't have to worry about working at home to make a deadline, etc. Had very, very few emergency calls to step in and fix issues.

Cons

- Being a state-funded university, there aren't the "normal perks" of being a software development shop, such as the Xboxes, ping pong tables, etc. But, they try to make it comfortable with nice equipment and work areas - Without being a large development company, sometimes, the development pipeline isn't very full or flushed out, which causes downtimes. Not a huge issue, but does cause some thumb twiddling

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