Stanford University Reviews

I have been working at Stanford University

Pros – Culture is great - great work-life balance, great benefits, very open to flexible work hours

Cons – Hierarchy is very disaggregated - it can be hard to get things done

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Stanford University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great non-working Spouse support, amazing networking opportunities, research is world-class

Cons – Living expenses in area outpace wage, not sustainable, administration staff is horrible

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Stanford University

Pros – lot of career paths, options to choose from

Cons – beauracracy of the management is impediment to growth and retention of staff

Advice to Senior Management – need mentoring, guidance on career path

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Stanford University

Pros – Good people to work with

Cons – Nothing bad about it really

I have been working at Stanford University

Pros – Pays nice for TAs
Very little work
Nice environment

Cons – Long hours when correcting exams, however that only happens 1-2 times a quarter. Other than that, very little to complain

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Stanford University full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Excellent benefits, many of which are not obvious at first (free career counseling, crisis counseling).
Beautiful surroundings
Stable, secure

Cons – Lower salaries than the private sector
Some nonacademic departments are completely mismanaged.
WOrk hours were utterly inhumane, in my area

Advice to Senior Management – Decide if you're a nonprofit or not.

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

I have been working at Stanford University

Pros – beautiful campus, great academics and athletics.

Cons – nothing really, a great community.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Stanford University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Smart people, famous professors, awesome facilities and endless opportunities

Cons – Unforgiving when it comes to meeting deadlines

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

I worked at Stanford University full-time

Pros – Great networking opportunities and many ways to get involved across the various schools and programs

Cons – Not everyone as motivated as one would expect. Hard to figure out whom one needed to contact to get certain things done. Not a smooth organizational system to navigate.

Advice to Senior Management – Work on efficiency! Communication and transparency would be great things to work on as well!

I have been working at Stanford University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Very cutting edge science, lots of seminars and talks from top scientist from the world, a lot of freedom to do research

Cons – Lacking of direction in most of the time, PI spent most of their time writing grants, most PI don't care much about your career path

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure PIs help their postdoc's careers such as job search.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend