University of Toronto Reviews in Toronto, ON Area

Pros

Good business image
Consistent customer satisfaction
Excellent training opportunity

Cons

Tight work schedule, work load and very high volume and demand

Advice to Senior Management

demand for improved workspace, stream line customer base

Pros

Good salary and good people. Also provides good benefit packages and working environment. So, I would recommend working for U of T.

Cons

Not enough employee development opportunities, at least comparing to University of British Columbia. But, I only work part-time. Full-time staff might have better career development support.

Advice to Senior Management

Good salary and good people. Also provides good benefit packages and working environment. So, I would recommend working for U of T.

Pros

- Network with some of the greatest professors in North America
- Experience hands on research in the field
- Have the possibility of getting your work published

Cons

- Your work ethic is noted by the people who evaluate you in your grades
- Sometimes a lack of resources to complete work can happen

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work and be sure to give students opportunities for research not solely based on their marks.

Pros

Professional and Personal Development programs available
Salary
Benefits
Working with students

Cons

Red tape
Once you get to a certain position level, there are few opportunities to move further
Inconsistent management of employees between departments

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure that senior management are actually providing an environment that is envisioned and promoted by top leadership

Pros

Being a T A allows one to have interaction with students, design curriculum, present your ideas, and help students learn material. The U of T has great compensation, is fair, flexible, and provides adequate training.

Cons

Downsides are few, perhaps that work hours are limited to a few hours per week because of classes so you don't get "chunks" of time to work in.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great atmosphere. U of T was a great place to be an employee and enjoyed my time here.

Pros

Good program, good benefits; research facilities and opportunities for research and interaction with the global academic community are numerous.

Cons

The quality of one's experience largely depends on how engaged one's supervisor is ; students doing TA work would do well to track the amount of hours worked, as sometimes the estimated contracted workload and the real amount are very different, which can impact other parts of one's workload.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure that faculty taking on new graduate students are aware of what the specific program requirements to graduate are, especially for shorter programs

Pros

Smart people, OK salary, excellent city.

Cons

lack of communication between different departments and terrible software system support.

Pros

It's graduate school! Endless opportunities and a very lax schedule.

Cons

The pay is pretty low.

Pros

They provide many resources, which enable a lot of tests, data collection and anlaysis. The management staffs were excellent and kind.

Cons

There are a lot of tasks to be completed. This required addtional work at home or sometimes longer hours at the campus.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be good to know the appropriate amount of work load and to have a meeting on one on one for better communication.

Pros

For some reason UofT still is considered a place to study and work.
Access to papers, library, analytical equipment, although not current or new is better than average.
People think you are smart because you work there.

Cons

Leadership by fear, abusive behavior and nepotism. RAs are incompetent, they are not there to help but to find problems. Academics are very territorial and even have disputes over funding and laboratory space. Offices are infested with mice! Too many students pick up office furniture from the street and bring it. No personal computers or printers. Laboratory space is insufficient and messy. Changes are useless because PIs don't pay attention to research or students. Very low pay and temporal. Preferential treatment to people from same cultural background as the PI.
There are rumors that Forestry is going to disappear. Too much gosip.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat people with respect. Pay just wages. Be fair with promotions. Recognize and praise work.