Is Northeastern University a good company to work for?

Northeastern University has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 3,998 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at Northeastern University to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Northeastern University have been left by employees working as Instructional Assistant , Peer Tutor and Tutor .

Does Northeastern University pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Northeastern University employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Northeastern University. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Northeastern University?

79% of Northeastern University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Northeastern University 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Northeastern University?

Teaching Assistant (255) , Research Assistant (240) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (217) , Graduate Research Assistant (123) , Graduate Student (117) , Administrative Assistant (46) , PhD Student (45) , Rso Proctor (38) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (37) , Academic Advisor (27) , Program Manager (23) , Assistant Director (22) , Proctor (22) , Project Manager (22) , Associate Director (20)

What are the pros of working at Northeastern University according to real employee reviews?

"Well paid and great benefit" ((in 187 reviews)); "Great people and resources for sure" ((in 161 reviews)); "The flexible hours and relatively stress" ((in 90 reviews)); "My colleagues and students are all great." ((in 77 reviews)); "Great staff and love my job!" ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Northeastern University according to real employee reviews?

"low pay but great in any other way!" ((in 177 reviews)); "Low salary and extremely understaffed" ((in 98 reviews)); "Poor leadership in the department and inability to promote." ((in 44 reviews)); "poor management, actually working more than the amount you get paid" ((in 41 reviews)); "poor communication between trainers and staff" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Northeastern University locations?

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4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,539 total reviews)

Joseph E. Aoun

68% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Northeastern University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,539 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Northeastern University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews

2.0

Oct 12, 2012

quickly growing school is no longer a very fun place to work

Experienced staff

Recommend

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Pros

Campus location and neighborhood are fairly nice. I have meet great people that work for or with the university at almost all levels, and many of these people have been around the school for quite a while in various capacities. (these people are more often than not leaving the school rapidly) Meager financial compensation across the board (good benefits - bad money)

Cons

Since the new senior leadership have been running the show at the school senior staff all across the university is turning over at an incredible rate. In the past 8-10 years what was an excellent place of learning with a blue-collar attitude is now a high-strung work environment with an even tighter budget and a terrible faux nobility attitude.

3.0

Oct 2, 2012

Good place to learn and grow..learnt a lot and managers were very nurturing in terms of parting their knowledge

Program coordinator

Recommend

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Pros

Learnt a lot and took some night classes as well.

Cons

can't think of anything except not a great lunch place to go.

5.0

Sep 24, 2012

Great people, great university, great place to work.

Research assistant

Recommend

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Pros

I work in a research group with great people. I have as much freedom and as much support as I like. The salary is competitive and I was able to get additional funding for moving abroad to do research. I have not spent much time in Boston, but that is also a clear plus.

Cons

I cannot really think of any cons. I work with great people, I have a lot of freedom, I have support, and the pay is competitive; what can I say? There is a bit of bureaucracy, but not any more than the same job at other places.

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Jobs at Northeastern University

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quickly growing school is no longer a very fun place to work

Good place to learn and grow..learnt a lot and managers were very nurturing in terms of parting their knowledge

Great people, great university, great place to work.

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