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- Current Employee★★★★★
Great place to work at
Mar 21, 2023 - Graduate Research Assistant in DeKalb, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good pay for GAs Good mentors/supervisors
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None for now, I don’t have any cons
- Current Employee★★★★★
Something OK
Mar 20, 2023 - Business Development RepresentativeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
should be fine for a new comer
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Not at all since everything is fine
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great people - faculty, staff, and students
Mar 16, 2023 - Assistant Professor in DeKalb, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great people - faculty, staff, and students
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Location - far away from suburbs
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Paid for my grad school
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Dekalb is not nice city
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great Pay and Benefits, Work Hours Could be Better.
Jan 28, 2023 - Building Service WorkerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Compensation is good. Lots of Holidays, vacation days, and sick days. There's is even a sick bank in case you need additional sick days for unexpected health problems.
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Dark outside when you go to work which is scary.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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-friendly work environment -diversity workplace
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- less pay than other universities
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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easy job with work load being light
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management is distant and changes often
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Wonderful Environment
Feb 3, 2023 - Law Library Circulation Desk Assistant in DeKalb, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexible schedule, welcoming staff, in-depth training
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Lot of down time between tasks
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Benefits are very good, PTO excellent
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Policies not always realistic or fair
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Student centered
Jan 29, 2023 - Graduate Assistant in DeKalb, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
A nice place to study and work.
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No cons just pros here so far.
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Northern Illinois University has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 829 reviews left anonymously by employees. 78% of employees would recommend working at Northern Illinois University to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.
78% of Northern Illinois University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Northern Illinois University 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Northern Illinois University to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be management, compensation.
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