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    Rice University Reviews

    Updated September 13, 2017
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    Pros

    • Rice is set on a beautiful campus with lots of onsite benefits (in 48 reviews)

    • Good work environment (in Business School) (in 24 reviews)

    Cons

    • Graduate students are not a priority (in 17 reviews)

    • Low pay, too many levels of management (in 12 reviews)

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    1. "ece phd"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Rice University full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      good department for a phd student

      Cons

      everything is good no comp

    2. "good working environment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Rice University full-time

      Pros

      good environment pretty campus

      Cons

      competitive competitive competitive competitive competitive

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    3. "I was a student worker"

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      Former Employee - Student Worker in Houston, TX
      Former Employee - Student Worker in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Rice University part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Nice people, flexible hours to balance school and work

      Cons

      Not so high pay rate per hour

    4. "Good university, small dept"

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      Current Employee - Research Assistant in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Research Assistant in Houston, TX

      I have been working at Rice University full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      cares about the well being of students

      Cons

      Small dept, not many choices of graduate courses and research avenues compared to large universities

      Advice to Management

      Increase salary

    5. "Graduate Studies"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great work atmosphere! Lots of exciting research.

      Cons

      Not much diversity. Department has very few women.

    6. "Researchers"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good place to work. I learned how to deal with data management, troubled shoot and solved the problems, and recommended solutions to the process.

      Cons

      I learned how to deal with data management, troubled shoot and solved the problems, and recommended solutions to the process.

    7. "Graduate Student"

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      Current Employee - Ph D Candidate
      Current Employee - Ph D Candidate

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

      Pros

      Great people
      close to med center
      high level of collaborations

      Cons

      Wifi a constant issue. University does nothing to address this issue. Graduate students are not a priority

    8. "MBA Candidate"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Rice University full-time

      Pros

      Great community to a part of.

      Cons

      Full-time MBA program is a big commitment.

    9. "goal driven research"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Rice University full-time

      Pros

      driven to succeed and reach prestige

      Cons

      if not careful, can fall into the cracks

    10. "System Administrator"

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      Current Employee - Systems Administrator in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Systems Administrator in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Rice University full-time

      Pros

      Flexible work hours
      Central located
      Good work atmosphere

      Cons

      Difficult to get work approved
      multiple layers of management
      low team moral

      Advice to Management

      Work on improving visions and simplify work projects. Build moral through acknowledgment of task complete, and allow SME's to drive useful decisions.

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