Penn State reviews

4.2

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,993 total reviews)
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Eric J. Barron

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Penn State has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,993 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Penn State 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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5K reviews
2.0
Feb 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Working with the students is great and very satisfying, you really feel like you are making a difference to them by working here. There are a lot of varied job opportunities for faculty and staff.

Cons

As a part time worker, they love to claim advancement from within is common but I've found that if you want a full time job here you're much better off being from outside because they never promote from within. Leadership, especially managerial and supervisory level is poor at best and there's a culture that encourages no change from within. There is very definite discrimination against the part time people. There are no benefits at all for the part time workers, not even a discount for classes which I've never experienced at a college before.

4.0
Feb 17, 2015

Teaching assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

working with students was fun

Cons

grading hw was very time consuming

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