Is Worcester Polytech a good company to work for?

Worcester Polytech has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 792 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 91% of employees would recommend working at Worcester Polytech to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Worcester Polytech have been left by employees working as Lab Assistant , Student Assistant and Graduate Student .

Does Worcester Polytech pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Worcester Polytech employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Worcester Polytech. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Worcester Polytech?

91% of Worcester Polytech employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Worcester Polytech 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Worcester Polytech?

Research Assistant (86) , Teaching Assistant (44) , Graduate Research Assistant (21) , Graduate Assistant (16) , Graduate Student (15) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (15) , Student Assistant (15) , Peer Learning Assistant (14) , Lab Assistant (10) , Student Worker (9) , Administrative Assistant (8) , Assistant Director (8) , PhD Student (8) , Postdoctoral Fellow (8) , Assistant Professor (5)

What are the pros of working at Worcester Polytech according to real employee reviews?

"WPI is an awesome school and the people in these departments are great" ((in 43 reviews)); "Great benefits like HSA and retirement contributions and many days off." ((in 32 reviews)); "Flexible hours to work in the office during school and 40hrs of work during summers." ((in 21 reviews)); "Nice campus to work on and a good area of the city." ((in 18 reviews)); "Friendly faculty and staff dedicated to helping students succeed." ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Worcester Polytech according to real employee reviews?

"but the salary is low" ((in 22 reviews)); "Management pushed back against graduate student unions" ((in 8 reviews)); "I get paid minimum wage" ((in 6 reviews)); "poor leadership" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Worcester Polytech locations?

Worcester , Boston , New York , Wisconsin Rapids , Washington , Boulder , Pascoag , Auburn

Worcester Polytech reviews

4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(727 total reviews)

Laurie Leshin

74% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Worcester Polytech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 727 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Worcester Polytech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

727 reviews

4.0

Jun 24, 2026

Not bad though grading can be rough

Undergraduate tutor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can be pretty easy if most of your work is office hours. I had about seven hours a week and most of the time there weren't many students.

Cons

Grading was a lot harder than I expected. Pretty demoralizing honestly; a lot of clearly ChatGPT submissions (ECE programming class mostly with freshmen who'd never seen code before, so not surprising). Grading paper exams was fine.

4.0

Jun 22, 2026

Great department, but staff feel unappreciated by larger administration

Assistant director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great department and manager in the Heebner Career Center

Cons

Overall lack of appreciation for staff from faculty and executives

4.0

Jun 20, 2026

Friendly staff and good networking, but stressful reliance on others

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly staff Good networking opportunities

Cons

Can be stressful Have to heavily rely on others

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Jobs at Worcester Polytech

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