Best Part time experience - Graduate Research Assistant (Engineering) Penn State Employee Review

5.0
Sep 25, 2025
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Pros

I worked in a lab, and everyone was really helpful in making me feel welcome. The work hours were long, but that's just research for you. I learned a lot about instruments and got trained and certified on them over the summer. Weekly review meetings were necessary for me to ask for help since I am too shy to reach out.

Cons

Not a con but a personal thing, the lights here have motion sensors so every once in a while it gets dark and I have to frantically shake my hands or clap.

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5.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Cons

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

flexibility. I'm on a fellowship I won with a great advisor. It is not so good for others.

Cons

An inherently liminal position with severely reduced benefits.

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