University of Michigan Reviews

Former Employee – worked at University of Michigan

Pros – Most of the engineers were very smart and knowledgeable about their respective fields. I was able to learn a lot and take what I learned to the next job.

Cons – A couple lazy workers. Every company has these, but there were a few that stuck out in my mind. It's too bad that these guys get paid more than double than I do.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it yup.

Current Employee – been working at University of Michigan full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Exciting work, amazing colleagues, great support staff. Benefits package is really incredible. Ability to pretty much dictate your own working hours as a researcher.

Cons – Limited town size hurts personal growth. Constantly having to a chase grant money. Salaries are good by university standards, but not great by industry standards. The particulars of my job make the work pretty isolating, so it can be difficult to feel socially "connected" on a day-to-day level. Lack of implementation of ideas can be frustrating, but I'm most in theory.

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

Former Employee – worked at University of Michigan full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – At UM, I was surrounded by smart and helpful people. Everyone was very nice and accommodating. It's a very cozy environment.

Cons – Ann Arbor is a little small, and the diversity is not what you'd get at a medium or large city. As a result, I had some trouble finding dynamic people.

Advice to Senior Management – I would look to develop the town more. It will improve the quality of life and the happiness of the people.

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

Pros – They work around your class schedule
Relatively easy jobs
Typically pays more than minimum wage
Not hard to get hired

Cons – Gets boring after a while
Sometimes you can't get as many hours as you'd like
Might get stuck picking up the slack from some other lazy employee

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

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

Pros – Work with great people in a cutting edge research University. Awesome benefits.

Cons – Not a lot of opportunity to advance in career without furthering your education.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Michigan

Pros – Loved working in the department for conflict resolution
facilitating and working with students was amazing
treated the student staff like adults, as they were

Cons – sometimes sketchy
there were times where processes were handled unfairly

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

Current Employee – been working at University of Michigan as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – The Salary is more than competitive. The various resources (library, museums, departments) make the university of Michigan a highly competitive university.

Cons – The size of the history departments (there are more than 80 faculty members) makes it sometimes difficult to have interaction with the whole departmnt.

Former Employee – worked at University of Michigan

Pros – great co-workers, decent opportunity for career development

Cons – relatively limited upward mobility (w/o 10-15 yrs in field)

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

Pros – Great diversity and great work enviroment

Cons – Pay is not good as other Unviersities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Awesome benefits and career opportunit ies

Cons – Not enough respect given to managent.
Not a fair salary determination formula

Advice to Senior Management – Keep employee moral. You will get loyal, hard working happy employees many managers are afraid of those above them so they wont stick up for their people.

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