Oklahoma State University Employee Reviews about "stillwater"

Pros

Very friendly and helpful with all concerning OSU_Campus Stillwater, OK

Cons

Parking....is , well anyone that's been to OSU_Stillwater knows :-)

Pros

Stillwater is a cheap city to live on.

Cons

Good professors don't have any funding, while the bad and abusive ones have a lot of external funding. Abusive research environment. My professor called me during weekends and asked why I wasn't working in the lab. He also used to say that the people from my country were lazy people. He would make lab meetings only to yell at everyone, and say that we were just lazy and stupid students. He did not allowed Ph.D. students to graduate with less than 6 years. Once, I complained with the management, and no one did anything. I had to change to another advisor and keep working in my Ph.D. without any funding. The T.A. assistantship is mediocre. They pay you 2000 dollars, you have to pay 400 dollars of income taxes, and you also have to pay almost 2000 dollars of fees per semester. It is almost a piramid scheme. The worse thing is that you can only be T.A. for 8 months, because there is almost no classes during summer. Good luck living below the poverty line.

Pros

Stillwater is a great town to live in. 1 hour away from two major cities (OKC and Tulsa). OSU offers great benefits. The people who work at OSU are friendly, competent and its a very fun and family like atmosphere (at least where I worked). Campus is beautiful, lots of dining options.

Cons

Pay isn't always the best, considering they're a government agency and have limited funding. Parking can be hard to find. Things move slow in higher education.