Boston University Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Boston University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits, resources, health insurance, organization

Cons – large school, only negative student interactions, horrible management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very flexible work schedule - most staff rarely works 9 to 5
Flexible time off, all holidays off, intersession off (and paid)
Convenient location

Cons – Some of the lowest staff compensation among private universities in Boston
Difficulty moving upward without connections
Limited growth within a position
Most of the other staff is adverse to change

Advice to Senior Management – Cut out some of the intense bureaucracy. It is cumbersome to deal with when trying to complete certain tasks. Dealing with Accounts Payable is always frustrating.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston University part-time for less than a year

Pros – Campus easy to get to. Everybody is nice.

Cons – Lots of work in grading. Wonder how some students even got in.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Attracts quality staff and students.
- Time off is excellent, especially intercession (do not have to take vacation time)
- Diversity of backgrounds from staff and students

Cons – - High turnover
- Unclear policies
- Two year wait for retirement benefits

Advice to Senior Management – Develop policy guidelines for staff
Explore healthy use of flex time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - The work week is 35 hours, never more
- Slow pace of work can be both a pro and a con

Cons – - Low salary and benefits
- Bureaucracy can be frustrating at times
- Rarely promote internally

Advice to Senior Management – Develop your people before they leave. Turnover is too high.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - tuition remission
 - good retirement benefits
 - faculty/staff discount

Cons – - salaries are not up to part with some other area universities
 - too much emphasis on appearances, e.g. lux residence halls, etc.
 - rigid salary grades

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to staff/faculty satisfaction than to appearance to attract more students.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of opportunities to network.
Love the city, lots to do.
Research is interesting.

Cons – Dismal pay as a graduate student.
Not a lot of career development guidance for after graduation.
Support from administration is lukewarm after first year.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boston University full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Most staff care about what they do. Benefits are great, especially tuition remission and health insurance.

Cons – Managers get no training or guidance in management or leadership. Some are great because they happened to get good mentorship, but there is nothing in place to ensure that managers & directors are anything other than good worker bees, so that's what most of them are.

Advice to Senior Management – If you are promoting someone to a supervisory role, make sure they get the training and support to develop appropriate management skills.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – There are fantastic benefits. The school offers tuition remission which allows you to attent MET college for almost no cost, the health care benefits are very affordable, you are given lots of time off, both vacation time and paid holidays.

Cons – The salary is on the low side in comparison with other employers in the area. Working for such a large corporation there are many people and steps to go through before you can make any changes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boston University part-time for more than a year

Pros – - Free room and board
-Meet some great people
-On calls can be switched pretty easily

Cons – -Upper staff not very open to change
-Residence life office is very segmented and communication is difficult

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to your RAs. Get rid of the my way or the highway attitude.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend