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Software Developer - Anonymous employee Princeton University Employee Review

3.0
Aug 30, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, good work/life balance. A great place for a first job or somewhere comfortable to work if you've already got the 2 1/2 kids and a mortgage and just need a paycheck. Benefits are outstanding and employees are treated fairly. You'll either work here a few years or 40 it seems.

Cons

Lack of mobility, raises capped at 2% a year. Promotions are unlikely as most departments hierarchy is flat and people stay here FOREVER. Project planning and documentation doesn't exist or is done in such an ad hoc manner it communicated much by word of mouth. Technology is treated as a cost center and not central to the universities goals even if given lip service by senior management. The administrative side of the university is run 50% as a business and 50% as a University and you'll have to deal with the bizarre result. If you work for the Academic side and your project is funded you'll have no issues.

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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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