Okay place to work as staff - Anonymous employee Penn State Employee Review

4.0
Apr 15, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Vacation, Sick, Personal, Family Sick, Parental leave, Education benefits. Flexible, Hybrid or Remote opportunity depending on position and work unit. Large University with opportunity to move around and change career paths. Healthcare benefits could be worse

Cons

Lower salaries Centralizing Lack of promotional opportunity within positions, have to leave job or unit to move up Parking costs and availability Some units less flexible than others. Office culture varies by unit and college Healthcare benefits could be better

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5.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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