Is Virginia Tech a good company to work for?

Virginia Tech has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,206 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 87% of employees would recommend working at Virginia Tech to a friend and 71% 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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Virginia Tech?

87% 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 (43) , 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?

"Potential to work and learn with great people on exciting projects." ((in 196 reviews)); "If your professor is good it's generally easy to have flexible hours provided you get your work done." ((in 112 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and clean" ((in 88 reviews)); "Staff is great and flexible with work schedules" ((in 50 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 147 reviews)); "Poor management and high employee turnover." ((in 43 reviews)); "Bad communication and from higher" ((in 18 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 13 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

87% would recommend to a friend

(2,892 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

79% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,892 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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

3.0

Jan 20, 2011

Excellent learning opportunities once you acclimate and assert yourself in the classroom setting.

Work-study student

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Pros

First let me state there are numerous and varied work study positions and this is my reflection of my work in a campus office environment. -Good networking experience depending on your placement -Time management grooming -Generally flexible with class schedule -I increased a lot of a soft skills, mainly customer service -I had great managers

Cons

- As a work-study I felt overworked and under paid; I didn't expect $20/hr, but I felt like cheap labor at times considering other people in the office did more or less the same thing I did and were full-time salary employees. - Sometimes office protocol and communication was disorganized, cumbersome, and was incredibly frustrating.

4.0

Dec 14, 2010

Virginia tech is a challenging place to work in an amazing community.

Postdoctoral associate

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Pros

Challenging projects. Compensation isn't that good, however it's a state school. The town of Blacksburg is an outdoors persons paradise.

Cons

All depends on your advisor. My advisor was a nightmare. However, make sure you get along with your advisor, that is most important.

5.0

Oct 3, 2010

Good place to work.

Postdoctoral associate

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Pros

Good place to do research. Very close to plenty of trail heads. Virginia Tech has very good football team.

Cons

Town is too small, so you have to find something interesting to do.

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Excellent learning opportunities once you acclimate and assert yourself in the classroom setting.

Virginia tech is a challenging place to work in an amazing community.

Good place to work.

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