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1.0
Jul 7, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

reasonable benefits, good work-life balance.

Cons

Management is completely inept. Because the best people go into the private sector where the pay is much better, the only people who work at Columbia are the left overs. There are more administrators than there are students, and the overall bureaucracy and incompetence is shocking for a university even of its size. While the students and professors may be among the best in the world, the support staff are the worst. Work there if you can't find any work elsewhere.

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5.0
Jul 19, 2026
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Pros

Lots of smart people! Great place to learn from, being in NYC is a big plus!

Cons

None, just starting out! NYC is expensive, maybe subsidizing the subway commute would help.

2.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

They have a lot of resources, the campus is pretty, the students are engaged

Cons

They censor your political speech, punish you for activism, and have been known to call the NYPD to commit police brutality on campus

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