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Review - Research Associate I Georgetown University Employee Review

4.0
Aug 18, 2022
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Pros

Georgetown has some great benefits, including multiple options for medical insurance, tuition assistance (90% for graduate school classes and 100% for undergraduate classes, I believe), a good 401K plan. The actual work environment is dependent on the person you work for. The campus is gorgeous, and everyone I met generally seemed friendly.

Cons

Academia is generally a difficult environment to work in, and Georgetown is no exception. My PI expected me to work unpaid overtime and on university holidays AS AN HOURLY EMPLOYEE without any additional compensation. This was something that I was never fully comfortable going to HR about, and Some PIs will respect your time and work-life balance, but some will not. Additionally, the pay is quite low for the area.

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Job security throughout budget cuts happening in the public health industry currently. Plenty of PTO and holiday paid leave.

Cons

Constant threats by upper management to "write us up/disciplinary action" for anything. Director is really unfair/disrespectful/condescending to our supervisor and so that trickles down to data coordinators. For example currently there is a threat that we will be "written up" if we do not meet all the competing deadlines. Ive seen sooo people many come and go in this sector over the past 3 years its insane. Its alot of data to manually enter and one must be organized /driven and on top of your game but it gets borring if your not passionate about the cancer trials you are working on.

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