McMaster University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at McMaster University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible schedules
Great research skills acquired
easy going
friendly environment

Cons – very repetitive and mundane
numerous slow days

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – It has very good prof with high knowledge and good management. I like the staff as well. they are usually kind and they do their best to help you.

Cons – Very good environment for research job
It has very nice profs. with high knowledge. Their management on the research project is good as well.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – It was fun, management was very knowledgeable, great place to learn,

Cons – off campus location, departments are segregated,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McMaster University full-time

Pros – Litle more relaxing, 50% time you would be independent, academic culture and environment..not bad in overall. However, comparing with other universities in USA its not a huge campus and the nature of working environment is somewhat boring.

Cons – City itself HAMILTON is not somwhere I should consider living for long term, Working under prof could be "you are out in the middle of the ocean without any help to trying to find a land"

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McMaster University full-time

Pros – University setting, great benefits and centre for excellence

Cons – Slow pace and can sometimes be politically charged depending on faculty/department

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your employees engaged

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

Current Employee – been working at McMaster University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – As a TA in humanities, I've found the remuneration fair, especially considering CUPE benefits. The workload is moderate, although usually more than we are technically paid for.

Cons – Whether a TAship helps foster a mastery of teaching, marking, lecturing, or leading discussion depends on the quality of the course, the supervisors' guidance, and the TA's willingness to work overtime on workshops, mentoring students, and attending lectures. TAs often refuse to do those things because of hours of work limitations, which sometimes leads to sub-par work and minimal skill-building. There are few opportunities for TAships for 5th-year students, and almost none for recently-graduated PhDs.

Advice to Senior Management – -standardize the TA experience to include more extensive supervisory mentoring and feedback
-adjust hours of work contracts to make lecture attendance and conducting workshops mandatory
-guarantee that TAs be offered at least one guest lecture per academic year
-offer more sessionals to recently-graduated PhDs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at McMaster University part-time for more than a year

Pros – - Administration is flexible, understanding
- Professor-TA interaction is facilitated well
- Seemingly solid relationship between McMaster University and CUPE local 3906

Cons – Limited job availability for certain faculties, e.g. health sciences, leading to lack of full-time TA employment, or necessity of taking on courses in different faculties.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – learning about new technologies and frameworks

Cons – research projects are not in direct link with industrial projects

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – This university offers some nice academic environment, beautiful campus, good gym facilities. There are so many different active student groups to engage a large variety of choices. The libraries are fantastic.

Cons – Research facilities are OK but not necessarily top-shelf. In electrical engineering, there is not enough corporation with industry. The income for graduate students with TA position is low.

Advice to Senior Management – increase the research motivation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McMaster University part-time

Pros – People at Mac is nice.

Cons – It really need hard working.

Advice to Senior Management – it can be more effeciency