Rewarding - Graduate Research Assistant Penn State Employee Review

5.0
Jun 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Chance to do high quality, publishable research. Great facilities, flexibility, encouraged to choose the direction of research

Cons

PhD research can take a long time, need to be patient. Some courses are required, even if not important for research

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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 30, 2026
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Pros

Great Benefits, Vacation, Sick Days, Personal Days

Cons

parking is normally far away from your building, and normally growth within your unit is difficult, so you have to tranfer to another to grow.

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