Florida State University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Florida State University full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – A friendly caring place to work.

Cons – A few "state worker" types to deal with now and then.

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

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

Pros – Professors and students are friendly. Living cost is fairly low.

Cons – Compensation is pretty low, and the university even don't cover the medical insurance for graduate assistants.

Current Employee – been working at Florida State University full-time

Pros – Serving as a teaching assistant was an excellent experience, serving as affirmation of concepts learned as an undergraduate student. I liked how the teaching assistant duties did not seem to get in the way of my graduate research and my course work.

Cons – Very few complaints here. Graduate school is a personal investment in your future. You have to be prepared for the commitment and sacrifices.

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

Pros – As a graduate student, you can get paid as a teaching assistant (TA), research assistant (RA), a consultant, or a grader. Depending on what you want to do, funding and availability, you can choose how much you want to work besides your classes.

Cons – If you are a TA be prepared to deal with some rude undergrads at times. Also, there is little to zero funding for the summer semesters so be prepared to find a job during the summer so that you can keep paying rent. If you are an international student you should have savings or work with some professors that have grants because after your 1 summer there is virtually no chance of ever teaching during the summer. Also Tallahassee is horrible specially if you have allergies.

Advice to Senior Management – It is gradschool, management is fine.

Current Employee – been working at Florida State University

Pros – FSU works to make the university a strong community and sees its staff and faculty as important parts of the University.

Cons – Are driven by state government that does not always understand or appreciate the skills and necessity of a top university

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – I already knew the campus and the culture of the University, so there wasn't a learning curve in that regard. Support staff has a regular schedule and decent benefits, however, all that has changed even in the few years I've been here.

Cons – As support staff, there's not a lot of opportunity for growth. That being said, it's a relatively stable/secure job in a city where the state government seems to be cutting jobs right and left.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Florida State University full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – The current President of FSU understands that employees should be treated with respect and he does everything that he can to compensate when he can. The IT management has a clear vision of where they want to be. FSU is quick to adopt new technology.

Cons – State Budget cuts have trimmed away a lot of the IT budget. The State Legislature of Florida does not value higher education and despite the presidents best efforts, they believe that state employees should be paid no more than minimum wage.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in some offsite training for your IT staff.

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

Current Employee – been working at Florida State University full-time

Pros – inexpensive city, kind of close to beach, laid-back environment

Cons – small town, always rainy, hot

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – It's a nice place to work at

Cons – More collaboration would be better

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

Former Employee – worked at Florida State University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good people to work with

Cons – Expectations are not made very clear

Advice to Senior Management – People are your priority

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend