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Updated Mar 28, 2023
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- "Great benefits that will hopefully only get better now that the University and Medical Center have split." (in 139 reviews)
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- "Pay is low for an institution with so much money in a city which is getting more expensive to live in." (in 111 reviews)
- "Leaders also refuse to send emails because they do not want paper trails of their mistakes and poor management." (in 30 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Large organization with a lot of opportunity
Cons
No one way of working.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Student AV Staff
Mar 28, 2023 - AV Student Technician in Nashville, TNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Very flexible, good pay for a campus job, can mostly do homework around campus while waiting to get called
Cons
No real training. Have to figure it out on the job
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
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Great culture, decent benefits including a tuition reimbursement program and commitment to professional development; Community oriented
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Staff members don't always receive comparable benefits to faculty
- Current Employee★★★★★
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good university, students are smart and faculty is talented
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the south is not a great place
- Current Employee★★★★★
Research Assistant @ Vanderbilt
Mar 21, 2023 - Research Assistant in Nashville, TNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexible hours, had a good supervisor
Cons
not really many cons. just a low pay
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good benefits, no power
Mar 17, 2023 - Administrative Coordinator in Nashville, TNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Vanderbilt provides excellent health insurance
Cons
Vanderbilt employees have no power to negotiate for better treatment, wages, or benefits.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Graduate Student
Mar 9, 2023 - Graduate Student Biomedical Sciences in Nashville, TNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Vanderbilt has incredible resources (BRET office) to help train you not only for an academic job, but for any job post PhD.
Cons
The maternity and paternity leave policies are poor. They claim to build graduate student housing, but then require income levels higher than they give you.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Good opportunities for new graduates
Mar 12, 2023 - Part time data analyst student in Nashville, TNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Vanderbilt provides students with a wide range of on-campus jobs that prepares new graduates gain experience before they delve in job market. Very inclusive and paid fairly.
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Nope. Everything works fine for me.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Brilliant colleagues and beautiful campus.
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Held at yearly contracts. No job security or commitment.
- Former Employee★★★★★
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There are great colleagues and students to work with.
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The School of Medicine is an extremely toxic work environment. Management goes out of the way to let employees know they are dispensable, the turn over is high (employees quitting one month in), pay is low. Employees ask to have meetings with HR and have their manager pop on the meeting without notice. The leadership and management is the problem. Managers blame their teams instead of taking accountability. The leaders “delegate” all of their work so that they are not held personally responsible. Leaders also refuse to send emails because they do not want paper trails of their mistakes and poor management.
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Vanderbilt University has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 1,693 reviews left anonymously by employees. 81% of employees would recommend working at Vanderbilt University to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
81% of Vanderbilt University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Vanderbilt University 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Vanderbilt University to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be culture, management, compensation.
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