University of Alberta Reviews

Pros

the work there is flexible

Cons

so far I very much enjoy working there

Pros

- Challenging environment -Acess to unlimted academic resources

Cons

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

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

Pros

Nice place to work.

Cons

Lots of bureaucracy but that is standard for a university.

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.

Pros

Great School, vibrant campus and cutting edge research topics

Cons

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

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

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.