Iowa State University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Iowa State University

Pros – The environment is quiet and the people in this city is kind.

Cons – It is a small town, actually university town. It is not convenient to buy something.

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

Pros – Nice community, nice people. Great place to raise kids.

Cons – Not a lot of entertainment opportunities in community

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Small town, quite. Strong engineering programs and connection with Ames lab. Quite diversity.

Cons – In the middle west region, not so good for some job hunting like electronics company.

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

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

Pros – People are really good around here, very helpful.

Cons – Climate is really bad harsh over here.

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

Pros – - TA work is usually easy and lightweight.
- Pay is the same as dining or other areas around campus, but the work is actually related to your field!
- Establish rapport with professors in your major.
- Work directly with students (sometimes teaching subjects)
- Usually you are able to work your own desired hours.

Cons – - Pay is shy of minimum wage, but that is to be expected.
- Sometimes there is not enough work to do 10 hours in a week.
- There is the potential of having some students that require more dedication to teaching than others.

Advice to Senior Management – Give TA's a raise if they decide to stick around for more than a semester. They know what they are doing.

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

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

Pros – Can network with a lot of people.

Cons – Sometimes research get a little boring

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great programs, great campus, great town.

Cons – Some departments are very bureaucratic.

Advice to Senior Management – Trim out some of the bureaucracy on things such as purchasing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Iowa State University part-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great benefits & Salary. Great program curiculum to help families.

Cons – unrealistic expectations for meeting individual goals.

Advice to Senior Management – understand that individuals have to work during the day and meeting them one on one isn't as easy as they think.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Iowa State University full-time for more than a year

Pros – There is a lot of freedom while working as a postdoc at ISU and choosing your research interests.

Cons – Iowa is a rural state, so the pace of the town is slow. It is a good place to work if you prefer to work in a small, quiet town.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Iowa State University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexibility in work hours and self guided work that allowed student-employess freedom to schedule work as they saw fit. As long as deadlines were met, supervisors were very happy.

Cons – A lack of organization at meetings led to loss of productivity.

Advice to Senior Management – Require ideas at the doors of meetings to streamline efforts

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