Arizona State Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Arizona State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible hours, great for students. Increasing pay by semester.

Cons – Low pay, sometimes job taken too seriously.

Advice to Senior Management – A lot of times, upper management will micromanage and place restrictions based on outside observations.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Arizona State full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I have experienced good colleagues, interesting work, and considerable variation in work, which makes the position interesting. I find research and teaching to be highly satisfying.

Cons – Sometimes, it is not always evident exactly where the college is headed. This leads to considerable frustration on the part of faculty colleagues.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Arizona State

Pros – new problems to work with in software engineering

Cons – can try to improve the faculty

Current Employee – been working at Arizona State part-time for more than a year

Pros – Most supervisors are very understanding of student course loads. Generally, they are supportive of your educational pursuit and will assign less work during busy times. However, this can very depending on your supervisor and the department you work with in.

Cons – Work load tends to overlap with finals. This can very depending on what kind of job you have (i.e. working for a professor vs. working in an administrative role in a misc. department).
Base pay is not outstanding but this is offset by the tuition break.

Current Employee – been working at Arizona State

Pros – Need to hire younger popele

Cons – Staff are too old and they need to be rplaces

Current Employee – been working at Arizona State full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – the university is dynamic, full of interesting/great scholars.

Cons – appreciation and recognition is not necessarily paralleled with the progress & performance

Advice to Senior Management – dont put too much power in some hands.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – A state university with cheaper fees

Cons – Lack of transparency. No absolute knowledge of the changing policies/funding etc., from government funding agencies (NIH/NSF). No appreciation for employee credentials, administration runs like a club, where only the faces that are known to the higher ups are promoted, the rest are not allowed to share their experience or rise up the ladder.

Worst policy on vesting ever seen in corporate or academia. Five years for vesting, loose all the employer contribution if left sooner.

Advice to Senior Management – Wake up.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Nice parking. No traffic. Academic atmosphere.

Cons – I had an academic professional position on salary. Because I'm not by the hour, if my boss asked me to work on holidays or weekends, I had to. I called HR and they didn't help because I was on salary. I felt like I was abandoned by the admin. They treat some scientists like rockstars because they have funding.

Advice to Senior Management – Postdocs are people, too.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Arizona State part-time for less than a year

Pros – Consistent company that cares about employees

Cons – Desk jobs that can get redundant.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Arizona State

Pros – Nice weather, inexpensive... Most of the professors are really helpful.

Cons – Salaries can vary a lot. ISSO is generally not helpful to international students.