Oxford Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Oxford as a contractor for more than 8 years

Pros – Outstanding research and world class environment

Cons – Highly competitive expectations very high

Current Employee – been working at Oxford

Pros – Faculty members are world class, with research work well supported by industry and government grants.

Cons – Graduate student support is limited. Libraries (atleast for engineering and the sciencies) are crummy. The collegiate system is designed to support undergraduates -- while academic terms and the concomitant social buzz lasts for 6 months a year, a PhD cannot help but feel isolated the rest of the way.

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

Pros – Enjoy the life at Oxford is a one-time-in-a-life experience. The spirit energised in academic/research work often makes you feel so previliged to work there

Cons – It's lack of mordern facilicities, but for a 900 year old univ/city, what can you complaint for? However look out for the slow pace of life since it may well kill your ambition slowly...

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

Pros – Location - Oxford is a great city specially if you like Science and Academia in general as there is plenty with free talk by very important lectures every so often.
Salary - for a being a non-profit organization the pay is good. For many positions, University of Oxford staff get better salaries than in other other university in the UK including London based institutions and the increased cost of life there.
Flexibility - as for most non-profit organization in the UK you have flexible hours and home-work when necessary.

Cons – You still probably would get pay better in a company, but the pay is nonetheless good.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Life and work balance. Multiculture working place. A lot of internal support.

Cons – not much rewards and benefits

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Reputation is excellent for future employment.
Research is not notch.
City is small enough to not feel overwhelming.

Cons – Services can be a little 2nd world (e.g IT).
Quality of support entirely dependent on PI, not University.

Advice to Senior Management – Put a university wide scheme in place to ensure all staff are routinely assessed for developmental needs.

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

Former Employee – worked at Oxford as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great and interesting collegues, supportive work environment, good and supportive bosses.

Cons – limited opportunities for advancement for temps, interns and contract workers, very difficult to get a permanent position, especially if you're not a UK citizen,it ahs nothing to do with you having excellent qualifications and fantastic working experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Oxford full-time

Pros – Great city, relaxed environment with good facilities. Treated like an adult and motivated to perform & learn new skills.

Cons – Red tape in certain areas, as I had expected. There are a lot of people who are "set in their ways", but this is more amusing than off-putting.

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

Pros – Top notch research in biomedicine

Cons – No career development, poor contract offerings

Advice to Senior Management – Get in line with Europe

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Oxford

Pros – Good benefits and salary. Many extra perks to go with working in one of the oldest universities in the world. Wonderful people from all across the globe.

Cons – There is a serious lack of direction in the university due to the focus of most of the colleges being upon themselves.