Is Oklahoma State University a good company to work for?

Oklahoma State University has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 2,021 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Oklahoma State University to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Oklahoma State University have been left by employees working as Undergraduate Teaching Assistant , GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant and Student Worker .

Does Oklahoma State University pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Oklahoma State University employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Oklahoma State University. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Oklahoma State University?

72% of Oklahoma State University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Oklahoma State University 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Oklahoma State University?

Graduate Research Assistant (149) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (114) , Research Assistant (63) , Student Worker (51) , Teaching Assistant (33) , Graduate Assistant (29) , Assistant Professor (20) , Graduate Student (16) , Administrative Assistant (13) , GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant (12) , Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (12) , Postdoctoral Fellow (11) , Adjunct Professor (10) , Intern (10) , Registered Nurse (10)

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

"Great people and Stillwater is better than expected!" ((in 139 reviews)); "The benefits are great and reasonable." ((in 110 reviews)); "good work environment for a student" ((in 57 reviews)); "The staff were friendly and understanding" ((in 36 reviews)); "It is a great culture and community." ((in 31 reviews))

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

"Low pay and expect to be on your feet most of the time" ((in 177 reviews)); "Low salaries and difficult to cover non" ((in 48 reviews)); "Poor Management and an Administration with an ethics problem." ((in 31 reviews)); "Clinical Trials Office within the University has experienced constant leadership changes." ((in 12 reviews)); "Employees not valued by upper management" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Oklahoma State University layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Oklahoma State University layoffs and their outlook for job security at Oklahoma State University in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Oklahoma State University locations?

Stillwater , Tulsa , Oklahoma City , Columbus , Okmulgee , Houston , Chicago , Edmond , Tahlequah , Midwest City , Stillwater , Fort Rucker , Gainesville , Stafford , Battle Creek , Boise City , Stilwell , Ardmore , Yukon , Washington , Raleigh , Austin , Dallas , Denton , Fayetteville , Fort Smith , Bloomington , Galion , Marysville , Sandusky

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4.1

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,914 total reviews)

Kayse Shrum

73% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.3

Compensation and benefits

Oklahoma State University has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,914 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Oklahoma State 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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3.0

Dec 27, 2025

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Communications specialist

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Pros

Work-life balance is valued. Excellent annual and sick leave benefits, health insurance is decent. Culture is pretty nice, management seems to really care. Plenty of internal professional development opportunities such as digital conferences, libby seminars, OSU Brand Summit.

Cons

The pay is awful. The benefits are viewed as supplemental to the income, so be prepared to hear "we can't go higher in pay, but we have great benefits." - Not always equal growth opportunities for everyone. When I was on staff in the OCM, they had a favorite designer, so she got all of the more interesting projects and opportunities. Anyone else got the scraps.

3.0

Dec 12, 2025

The longer you stay the poorer you get.

Staff

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Pros

Good benefits. Good leave accrual rates, especially after you've been there 5 years.

Cons

The longer you stay the less you earn relative to cost of living. We're required to do detailed annual evaluations but they can only hurt, not help. We aren't given merit raises even if we score very high on evals. Got a great score on your eval? Shrug. But if you get a low score then you're ineligible for the random cost-of-living adjustment we get every 2 - 5 yrs. The last COL adjustment we got was more than two years ago and was only 2.5%. And we've been told no COL adjustments anytime soon (they call them "raises" as if they're based on merit or seniority but they're not--they're adjustments given to everyone the same). The cost of housing, groceries, services, home & car insurance has skyrocketed in past two years but we're stuck at same pay we had on Dec 1, 2023. AND our health insurance costs are going up a lot on Jan 1, 2026. So really, we're losing money by staying at OSU. Supposedly the school can't afford make any adjustment in our pay. But somehow it can afford to create a new executive position with *very* high salary. Morale is very low and the people at the bottom of the pyramid are broke.

5.0

Dec 11, 2025

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Cashier

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Pros

It’s good and pretty simple

Cons

No cons at the moment

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