Virginia Tech Reviews in Blacksburg, VA

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Good education and great environment

Cons – Too many students with no goal

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good lab facility, excellent course work, good guidance, good exposure to the industry. Small and beautiful town

Cons – very hectic to manage course work and research work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Large campus, good diversity, quiet

Cons – Pretty local, no big mall

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

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech full-time for more than a year

Pros – The campuse is really nice.

Cons – the main problem is that the town is far from big cities

Former Employee – worked at Virginia Tech part-time for less than a year

Pros – Free meal pass.
All the employees and management are friendly and easy to work with.
Good hours to choose from.
Very easy to learn and run different shops.
Free drinks during break.

Cons – Must work weekends.
Not allowed to take home food.
Can get very busy during lunch and dinner rushes, however this helps time fly by.
You will be hungry during the night shift.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Virginia Tech full-time for more than a year

Pros – Exceptional minds doing great research
Pay
Quality of life
Benefits

Cons – small town in the mountain away from everything

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

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech part-time for more than a year

Pros – Virginia Tech has research-oriented labs, that introduce the student employees to a variety of disciplines of research. Especially, the students get hands-on experience in the field, and can develop their professional side admirably in preparation for finding a job in the industry. I work in the microelectronics laboratory, and I am thoroughly indebted to the University to improve my technical expertise in the field of microelectronics.

Cons – Ultimately, working at a University will only give you a perfunctory experience of what actually happens in the industry, and does not completely prepare you for the real world, since the job here is more or less fixed, unless you really screw it up with your advisor.

Advice to Senior Management – I think the management is doing a brilliant job in employing students and grooming them as professionals. And at Virginia Tech you are almost guaranteed funding by research. Keep it up guys.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech full-time for more than a year

Pros – Top notch Research in mineral processing area.

Cons – Hard work, time consuming and demands full concentration

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech part-time for less than a year

Pros – A lot of independence while doing research. It is really good, because I am free to pursue what I think is interesting.

Cons – Too much leniency makes it harder to set and meet deadlines. Often it is hard to get anything done.

Current Employee – been working at Virginia Tech part-time for more than a year

Pros – One free meal with a 4 hour workshift
Pay is pretty good for a dining service job

Cons – Management is run inefficiently, and change up the schedule whenever and however they want.
Managers treat us like we're idiots.

Advice to Senior Management – Talk to your workers to receieve constructive criticisms and feedback

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