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    Duke University Reviews

    Updated September 18, 2017
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    Pros

    • Great benefits and work-life balance; particularly excellent vacation time (in 40 reviews)

    • company provides great benefits to all employees, not just faculty (in 58 reviews)

    Cons

    • Work/life balance is pretty imbalanced, but that's normal for programming and research (in 12 reviews)

    • low morale, not much room for growth (in 11 reviews)

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    1. "A great organization to have a career with"

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      Current Employee - Clinical Engineer in Durham, NC
      Current Employee - Clinical Engineer in Durham, NC
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      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Duke University full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Diversity of work, different career opportunities

      Cons

      some on-call work, weekends, evenings

    2. "Postdoctoral associate at duke university"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      Facilities, Climat, funding opportunities, prestigious

      Cons

      Not really some, everything is good

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    3. "Duke is a great employer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      Great campus, world-class faculty, great benefits

      Cons

      Large campus, have to walk a fair distance to get to work, but the campus is gorgeous

    4. "Good University to work for"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      Good campus. Lots of courses to choose from for PhD students.

      Cons

      Stipend is really poultry. Maybe this is common for PhD students in every university, but the rising rent and retail prices is not accompanied by corresponding rise in stipends.

    5. "Postdoc"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      Good health care plan, relax environment, great collaboration with scholars in the research triangle area

      Cons

      Somehow the safety around Durham is not good

    6. "Salaries are below National Average"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Duke University full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      The benefits are decent compared to many companies and the 401 matching is a plus . I think the health insurance should be better especially working for one of the top medical facilities in the US.

      Cons

      Depending on which department you work for raises can be as little as .40

      Advice to Management

      The employees should be given the opportunity to evaluate management.

    7. "research analyst"

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      Current Employee - Laboratory Research Analyst in Durham, NC
      Current Employee - Laboratory Research Analyst in Durham, NC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Duke University full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits, job satisfaction, many opportunities for employment

      Cons

      overwork, not enough pay, diversity of thought not encouraged

      Advice to Management

      listen to people that are your ground troops, they know best what it takes to accomplish the tasks at hand

    8. "Postdoc"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      Duke has a lot of talented professors and thus a lot of opportunities to learn. There are a lot of intelligent people to collaborate with and generate ideas with.

      Cons

      Duke could make greater efforts to onboard new employees. Often new employees don't have parking spaces, don't know where their desk is or have immigration issues. The school is hands off about a lot of this. The biggest drawback of this is it ultimately interferes with productivity.

      Advice to Management

      Ensure new hires have all the resources they need to do their job, including logistical resources such as parking, health insurance, desk, visa, research funds etc.

    9. "Work Study Research Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Flexible hours, gain lab experience

      Cons

      Work study does not pay well

    10. "Good for Academics"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Durham, NC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Durham, NC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Duke University full-time

      Pros

      If you are academic-minded, then Duke is among the best. You will have ample exposure to academics from elsewhere, and receive the best training in the US to conduct cutting-edge research.

      Cons

      If you are looking for career development outside academia, then Duke might not be the best place to start with. Try look for a job in the private sector where you can always learn more and rise faster.

      Advice to Management

      Provide more training to the staff, so that people have incentive to stay on. It is also to the best interest of Duke to provide more training to their staff.

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