North Carolina State University Reviews in Raleigh-Durham, NC Area

Current Employee – been working at North Carolina State University part-time for more than a year

Pros – Tuition is waived off
Only 20 hours of work

Cons – Very low stipend
Some times GA work can be very tedious

Advice to Senior Management – Please ensure that the GAs don't get burdened with grad school work and GA work.

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

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

Pros – great location, great weather, and great faculty members

Cons – need to provide more practicing opportunities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at North Carolina State University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is a great place since there is a lot of opportunity to collaborate with other people in similar fields at UNC , Duke, and industry at RTP. Additionally, NCSU has a wide variety of seminar that are offered.

Cons – Parking is always an issue at any campus. Each department is very independent on campus. It would be nice to see more collaboration within NCSU.

Advice to Senior Management – Conflict in the workplace should always be monitored as it could lead to stressful working environments.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at North Carolina State University full-time

Pros – Can build great relationships with the faculty staff and have a decent work-life balance in most areas. Campus is central to downtown, so there are great places for your morning coffee, lunch, or dinner if you have a late night.

Cons – The business side of the University, where all the staff work, is getting very rough. Continuous budget cuts are directly affecting staff reductions with less and less staff to do a growing amount of work. Constantly having to do more with less is a very stressful place to be.

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

Former Employee – worked at North Carolina State University full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – A lot of great people, diverse work, and "bleeding edge" technology. Take what you can from the experience while you're still sane because it won't last long. The stereotypical "state" employee mentality takes over, and soon you're just there for a check.

Cons – Some really really horrible people. Uneducated, illiterate, and antisocial people get promoted in this community. The management is a vacuum of ideas. The management is also antiquated. They allow for the stealing of ideas.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Employees (and students!) are quite willing to help and collaborate when needed. I actually never encountered a staff member or faculty member that I didn't enjoy speaking with and/or working with.

The campus is gorgeous and fun to traverse (despite being so large). Raleigh is also a great tight-knit city.

Cons – It was only a part-time job and there was no real option to move into a full-time position (not that I expected there to be).

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

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

Pros – - Relaxed
- No drug testing
- Fun. Most enjoyable job I've ever had.
- Flexible and great if you're a student
- Fun work environment (other students)
- Management will get to know you very well, and will make sure you are compensated fairly for your hard work

Cons – - Pay
- Everything is a massively cumbersome bureaucratic process
- Little room for advancement
- Upper management has no idea who you are, and they don't really care

Advice to Senior Management – For upper management: Accept the comments and criticism of ideas of your field employees before dropping student money on things. They know what's going on better than you do.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at North Carolina State University part-time for more than a year

Pros – Convenient on-campus location (across the street from my dorm)
Very flexible hours
I feel respected and valuable
Great staff and great colleagues
Good working environment
Automatic pay increase after two consecutive semesters of work

Cons – Annoying to deal with the players sometimes, but the intramural supervisors always have our backs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at North Carolina State University as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Quality research in thermal, fluids, solid mechanics and materials.
Rigorous academics in undergraduate and graduate level.
Excellent faculty.

Cons – Funding issues (I received it 3 semesters after starting my master's).
Graduate students not allowed to go for internships in Mechanical Engineering department.

Advice to Senior Management – Change internship policy for graduate students who aren't pursuing research actively.
Increase research spending.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at North Carolina State University part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Collaborative and supportive graduate student environment.
Lots of opportunities to gain teaching experience after preliminary semester of lecture assistantship or recitation leadership.
Teach only 1 class per semester.
Good health insurance.
NC State grad students typically have good job prospects because of experience.
The department is actively recruiting stellar young professors as several faculty are in the process of retiring.
1+ REG opportunities with travel funding available for early career graduate students.
Primary Instructors have full responsibilities.

Cons – The department's budget, like most state schools, it at the mercy of the state budget.
The teaching observation and advising system is not well-enforced and faculty often show up only once in a semester and rarely check-in with TA instructors.
Very few courses are actually "coordinated" by the assigned faculty member.

Advice to Senior Management – I would recommend that the department implement some kind of regular test-writing collaboration among instructors to better standardize the lower level courses.