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    University of Alberta Reviews

    Updated June 23, 2018
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    • "The only problem is low salary compare to other universities" (in 15 reviews)

    • "Low pay, straight across the board for many types of positions" (in 13 reviews)

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    1. "Research Assitant"

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      Former Employee - Research Assistant in Edmonton, KY
      Former Employee - Research Assistant in Edmonton, KY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at University of Alberta full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Challenging environment
      -Acess to unlimted academic resources

      Cons

      None really it is one of the best places to work in

    2. "Working here as a graduate student in engineering"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
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      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at University of Alberta (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - Flexible schedule as a research assistant
      - you get to do research, take some valuable skills with you
      - University with a fair amount of prestige and reputation in Canada
      - If you have good research supervisor, all is good. If not... good luck

      Cons

      - Flexible schedule as research assistant
      - Recent economic downturn seem to have hit the engineering department hard
      - How you overall experience is depends more on your research supervisor
      - too much bureacracy
      - How many machine shops do you need?
      - new construction projects in engineering just seem to be a money drain, the building facilities have many issues which can affect your experiments
      - Edmonton is an orange town, expect lots of entitled union workers in the university
      - I did research before at University of Calgary also, my honest opinion is it is waaay easier to get stuff done at U of C than U of A.
      - IT infrastructure seems to be lagging behind other institutions
      - Edmonton's northern location is inconvenient, takes too long for supplies to arrive

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    3. "Standard university"

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

      I worked at University of Alberta full-time

      Pros

      Nice place to work.

      Cons

      Lots of bureaucracy but that is standard for a university.

    4. "Technician"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at University of Alberta full-time

      Pros

      Excellent work environment, lots of time off, great benefits and retirement plan.

      Cons

      Association (union), which means that everyone gets the same step increase each year, regardless of effort. This means the superstars are not recognized.

      Advice to Management

      Work to recognize employees and empower change. Too often this work environment can become stagnant.

    5. "PhD student in Computing Science"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Professors are very nice. Grad students are friendly.

      Cons

      The weather is too cold.

    6. "PhD Student"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great School, vibrant campus and cutting edge research topics

      Cons

      Super cold city! This also has adverse effects on human resources

    7. "Graduate Research Assistant"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Nw Plaza, MO
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Nw Plaza, MO
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      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at University of Alberta (More than a year)

      Pros

      It's a good place for graduate studies, I like working here a lot, people are funny.

      Cons

      Edmonton is pretty cold, the city is quite old and noisy. It's not safe to come out in the night.

      Advice to Management

      University needs to tight their funding, cut the useless people, let the real valuable people stay

    8. "PhD student"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      I worked at University of Alberta full-time

      Pros

      Good engineering reputation, good stipend compare to other Canadian university, flexible hours, let you work on your own. I have friends from other departments as well and didnt hear any complaint from them except in medicine regarding budget cut.

      Cons

      Nothing that I think of.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up good work and helping students as you do now.

    9. "University of Alberta"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
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      Positive Outlook

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

      Pros

      Many funding opportunity, friendly environment, great work-family balance

      Cons

      The winters are long and cold.

      Advice to Management

      keep up the good work

    10. "Lab Technician"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Friendly People and coworkers in lab

      Cons

      Low pay, no upward mobility

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