Brandeis University Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Brandeis University part-time for more than a year

Pros – Good exposure, light work load

Cons – No links to better jobs

Advice to Senior Management – Help your candidates/graduates progress to better jobs

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – Excellent Work and Life Balance for employees and good amount of time off. Manager is wonderful and allows for lots of flexibility as long as the job gets done. Students are great to work with

Cons – Pay scale of administrators compared to faculty
Commute is long
Department is understaffed

Advice to Senior Management – More equity for administrators versus Faculty on campus regarding pay and benefits

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – I find respect and support when I work here. I think that this is a great place to work if you care about the people surrounding you.

Cons – The only downside of working at Brandeis is salary that looks a bit on the low side. The rest seems to be fine.

Advice to Senior Management – Merit based salary increase is pathetic. It ranges between 0.5 to 2.5 for an outstanding performance.
There is just no interest in motivating the worker.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Brandeis University

Pros – There were lots of opportunities to collaborate. Also good mentorship is available for researchers, particularly in research methods and statistical programming. Training opportunities also available.

Cons – There is always more work than there is time to do it all. It can be difficult to maintain a work-life balance, although management is at least verbally in support of trying to do so.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – The locations is nice comparing with downtown. People don't push you too hard, while you can find a lot of things to work on.

Cons – Compensation is not as high as some other places.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – Deccent benefits, good research environment, especially for multi-disciplinary research

Cons – The pay is pretty low, but what can you expect.

Advice to Senior Management – none

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – Good education and many research opportunities. A lot of good research going on. The school is large enough to be very good in their specialized research fields, but small enough so that it's easy to have personal contact with professors. Very interdisciplinary.

Cons – The upper administration did not appear to show the greatest consideration for the students during my time here with the closing of the Rose and making measure changes without involving the students. The physics department was good, though.

Advice to Senior Management – The upper administration did not appear to show the greatest consideration for the students during my time here with the closing of the Rose and making measure changes without involving the students.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Brandeis University

Pros – Good Collaborations and Brilliant professors to work for

Cons – Brandeis can seem small at times, and somewhat overshadowed by other institutions in the area.

Advice to Senior Management – I think they are doing a great job

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Brandeis University

Pros – Work schedule
Ability to take classes
Colleagues friendly and helpful

Cons – Management was disorganized
Pay too low and not balanced out with typical higher ed perks
Felt highly political

Advice to Senior Management – Less focus on politics, more on employee satisfaction.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Brandeis University

Pros – Wonderful students and student workers. Top notch faculty. Pleasant campus. Accessible to public transit via commuter rail. Ample employee parking. Used to have good retirement plan.

Cons – In Library / IT merged department, significant problems. Though some issues come with change in economy and overall financial woes of university, much could have been done to ease the burden on staff through considerate communication and competent planning.

Advice to Senior Management – Leaders are good communicators who care and show interest in the people reporting to them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend