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Academic pros, but quality of life cons - Graduate Student Princeton University Employee Review

1.0
Sep 12, 2009
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Pros

Intelligent and motivated people. Abundant academic resources. Great support resources and staff. The institution strives to be the best. Good library facilities. Good circulation of news and research. Small community. Great cultural offerings.

Cons

Unspoken practice that you're working all the time. Driven, ambitious people who don't always act ethically in their efforts to get ahead. Research focus can over-ride human aspect. Graduate students are treated poorly. Often seen to be active, but not willing to make fundamental changes that make a difference. Too much money gets wasted on unessentials, while graduate students are unpaid and the resources could be used for better academic benefit.

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5.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

EVERYTHING WAS GREAT! Princeton is great to both work for and study at. Go TIGERS!

Cons

if you love princeton, princeton will love you back, no cons

2.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Incredible benefits, worth 40% of your salary. So much time off it's hard to use. Great health care, 36 hour work week (if your boss doesn't make you work more), slow-paced.

Cons

So much time off it's hard to use it all without losing it with annual rollover caps. Pay is terrible. In theory, you come for the benefits and the lighter, less frenetic workload but that very much depends on who your boss is and what team you work for. I worked for a very mismanaged research center where my manager expected everyone to be available 24 hours a day. Most PU departments operate at a snail's pace, no sense of urgency even on urgent things. Independent faculty doing cool things but the institution is very lowercase c conservative. No pathway for advancement, especially on smaller teams.

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