Northeastern University Reviews in Boston, MA Area

Pros

You get a degree and they pay you for this (in the case of PhD)

Cons

Long hours - hard work for phd

Advice to Senior Management

good

Pros

good location, whether in summer and culture in this area.

Cons

expensive living, cold whether in winter

Advice to Senior Management

nothing

Pros

Collegues are wonderful if you can get to know them. Extremely capable and creative colleagues. Cutting edge programming. Opportunity to be in the trenches and learn. Ambitious goals.

Cons

Toxic work environment. Attrition rate over the top. No continuity. No faith in leadership to make changes to retain talent until too late.

Advice to Senior Management

Grow at reasonable and competitive pace and retain your top talent. Listen to your staff and push back at the unreasonable project timelines imposed by disconnected leadership. Compensate appropriately and close the gap between salaries of leadership and mid-level managers. Manage out the sources of the toxicity and change the culture so that people want to stay.

Pros

The work shifts helps the students to work on-campus according to the class schedules

Cons

Sometimes getting an off from the work becomes difficult

Pros

Flexible hours and excellent location
Self-directed work schedule and creative direction
Publication potential and conference travel
Academic environment encourages learning and improvement
IT support is excellent
Close proximity to Computer Science department for talks and colloquia

Cons

Very underpaid relative to my peers in my field (software engineering)
Benefits package very underwhelming
No time off in the first year, must accrue over time
No retirement matching until after a full year
Very small project team with intermittent drive-by supervision

Advice to Senior Management

Reconsider your benefits package, particularly for software professionals in your research labs, even ones that are grant-funded. Promote bicycle commuting to campus by adding covered, secured parking and better bicycle access across the orange line to the SW corridor bicycle path.

Pros

Benefits are great and pay is pretty good. Great job location and great credit union with low rates. Benefits are the key

Cons

I can only speak to the hvac dept: So much politics!!! If you are not a member of the gang, you are in for a miserable experience. It will make you immedietely find another job, regardless of pay and benefits just so you can keep your sanity.

Advice to Senior Management

I would advise the administration to look moreclosely into where each departments budget is going. Having the tools to complete the job, or at least allowing a mechanic to have his own tools on site. Lack of communication, productivity and supplies are just the tip of the iceberg.

Pros

Some of the best reasons to work at Northeastern University are: it's good learning environment, helpful management, casual work environment

Cons

Some of the downsides of working at Northeastern University are: it can be monotonous, unhelpful management, at times frustrating customer service

Advice to Senior Management

Some of the best reasons to work at Northeastern University are: it's good learning environment, helpful management, casual work environment

Pros

Freedom of being independent working on your own

Cons

Not a good salary, long hours , no feedback

Advice to Senior Management

Not applicable

Pros

since it is the university where i also study, its good and convenient for me to work there.

Cons

Research opportunities for Electrical student are very less.

Pros

Reputation, availability of advanced education for employees, benefits.

Cons

Parking fees and the space crunch on campus.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work.