University of Rhode Island Reviews

Former Employee – worked at University of Rhode Island

Pros – benefits, appreciation, work life balance

Cons – pay could have been higher

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

Pros – Free tuition, health insurance, and stipend. My department was great but others not so lucky

Cons – Health Insurance is not good, stipend is well below the national average, funding isn't guaranteed for graduate students.

Advice to Senior Management – Realize that graduate students are important and needed to be treated well to support an environment of higher learning. Also maybe its time to review the tenure system, it seems graduate students get stuck in the crossfire between administrative and faculty because professors can't be fired once they're tenured unless they do something really egregious.

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

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Flexible Schedule, great colleagues, and extensive room to grow as a university. Great place to start your career as a researcher.

Cons – Grant funded funded position with uncertainty of rehire. Bureaucratic hoops and slow to move on paper work.

Advice to Senior Management – Force older, non-relevant professors out and bring in new, excited researchers to stimulate growth and expand the campus. Upper management scales back hours of those who need the pay check the most without definitive reasoning.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island

Pros – Beautiful summer, convenient location. People are always willing to help. There are world-famous professors in some areas.

Cons – Many professors are waiting to retire. The administration is a bit slow. Winter is long.

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Secure job with reasonable expectation of tenure

Cons – limited advancement
salary determined by state agency

Advice to Senior Management – Make independent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – I make my own hours in the summer.

Cons – I do not make my own hours during the semester and I have to do research and take classes.

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Tuition is free, beautiful campus, close to beaches, nice area to live in

Cons – State workers here are mostly miserable and avoid work at all costs. Additionally, there is a lack of central authority and leadership, thus almost zero accountability. This is true for both staff and faculty.

Advice to Senior Management – Find a way to make staff and faculty think that they can't just coast through their job without worry of losing their positions. It seems like it must be very hard to get fired, penalized, or otherwise reprimanded for failure to do one's job efficiently.

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

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island

Pros – You can get a great practical education here if you are willing to put in the required work. Treat classes and research as job training and you will stay motivated.

Cons – Below average compensation and facilities. My adviser was next to useless so I had to figure everything out for myself which ended up teaching me a lot.

Advice to Senior Management – Offer courses on skills that are in demand by industry employers. More emphasis on helping student find a job would be nice.

Former Employee – worked at University of Rhode Island

Pros – It's a long training process, but it's fun.

Cons – Whereas many schools offer room and board remissions, at URI RA's pay upfront, and then are paid biweekly based on the cost of housing (it's a flat fee that applies to all RAs, so that RA's placed in nicer dorms and older dorms have the same pay and costs). This means you are taxed on it. It's great for those on a free ride, but for others, it kinda sucks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Rhode Island

Pros – great atmosphere, fun diverse environment,

Cons – the pay could be better

Advice to Senior Management – create space for the visiting adjuncts

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend