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

Pros

It is a great and positive environment that provides numerous opportunities for growth and development for its faculty and students.

Cons

The only downside to working here is the lack of parking availability and sometimes it can seem a bit crowded.

Pros

Good leadership, good hours, holidays off, very friendly working conditions.

Cons

Low pay, REALLY bad benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

Not much because they work with what they have. They really can't do much to fix the benefits or increase pay.

Pros

Great school. Good management. Good instructors.

Cons

Offices are sometimes a bit small

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Nice campus and facilities. Colleagues are friendly. Nice campus and facilities. Colleagues are friendly. Nice campus and facilities. Colleagues are friendly.

Cons

Budget cut keep being increased for the recent 3 years. Budget cut keep being increased for the recent 3 years.

Pros

It is a comprehensive university, you can meet all kinds of people.
Raleigh is a good place to live if you like nice people and good environment over big cities.

Cons

The pay is only around or below average.

Advice to Senior Management

Use the money on the right place. New buildings are good, but the money should always serve the research first.

Pros

Professional, personable colleagues. Good collaboration and communication. Good office condidtions. Clear goals and expectations. Reasonable work and life balance, flexilbity when needed.

Cons

Parking can be difficult. Actively need to work to meet colleagues in other areas. Overall business process run well, change is difficulty and process is lengthy.

Advice to Senior Management

Set clear priorities strategically, identify tactical efforts to meet those and that are with in budget. Adding services at high level of quaility requires staff or other support.

Pros

I joined Campus housing in 2007 and did not know what to expect being my first part time job. Well the two and a half years at Campus housing were the best part of my stay at NC State. I would recommend people to take up campus housing job at any day.

Cons

Please be prepared to work the early morning jobs if you do not life to stay up late !

Advice to Senior Management

You people are the best ! Keep doing the great work and I hope I'll be able to be a part of your team sometime in the near future.

Pros

It is exciting to be part of a community where amazing research takes place. Some of our scientists are incredibly dedicated and share their excitement with students.

Cons

Leadership does not provide honest communication regarding significant organizational changes. Change is very slow and gets bogged down in numerous committees. Succession planning is almost nonexistent in most parts of the organization. No raises for most employees thanks to state budget cuts and benefits have been reduced. However, even when we did get raises there was no difference in what a high performer receives and what a poor performer receives.

Advice to Senior Management

Identify the next generation of leadership and provide development and incentive for them to stay. Some of the best employees are walking out the door or soon will be.

Pros

Pension, job security, workload, job stress is low, scenery.

Cons

LOW LOW PAY. Expect to make on average 15 to 20% below what you could elsewhere. Health Insurance is almost 600 per month for 70/30 family coverage in 2011. No raise in 3 and 1/2 years. You have to be able to play the game or you will drive yourself crazy trying to make things right.

Advice to Senior Management

The only reason most people stay is for the pension. You know it but continue to ask for fewer people to do more work. It is to a point that the pension is not worth it. Good luck in keeping an adequate staff and in being able to maintain the facilities Division without serious safety incidents.

Pros

Until recently the benefits. The mandatory (TERS and ORP) pension plans are great. Generally speaking, the office environment gentle. You leave work at work. Decent tuition-wavier plan. Great vacation and sick time package.

Cons

The health insurance (even the 80/20 plan) has high deductibles. The compensation is low. In the private sector, someone with my skill set would receive close to $65K-$70K a year. While office environment is gentle, the agenda of the university as whole is liberal/socialist. Promotion is difficult. Its not what you know but who you are connected to politically. Raises are unheard of unless you are faculty.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at your compensation plan. You cannot pay someone below the industry median given experiences and advanced degrees. Also, you need to go to the State Legislature and review the deductibles for the health insurance. They are way too high and make very difficult to get medically necessary procedures done.