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Rutgers University reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,891 total reviews)
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William F. Tate IV

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58% positive business outlook

Rutgers University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,891 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rutgers 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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5K reviews
2.0
Jan 18, 2018

Administration

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good job security and benefits

Cons

poorly managed, slow to change

2.0
Sep 4, 2017
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Pros

Good benefits, most people are friendly (but demanding)

Cons

Lousy pay, understaffed department, tech leads end up doing entry level help desk calls 95% of the time, no path for advancement, lack of adherence to IT policies and enforcement of rules causes every department to practice "IT free for all" where they will buy what they want without consultation from IT, and expect full support from centralized IT, lack of communication between medical school IT, hospital IT, and Rutgers core IT, place constantly has "no money" to spend on IT but we see money wasted elsewhere in abundance

3.0
May 2, 2016
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Pros

I teach in the humanities. It is very challenging work, and you have a lot of control over your own performance. Rutgers' main pros may be a diverse student body and a large library.

Cons

Pay for a PTL, even at a big university, is very low: on the order of 5K per course. Most teaching (particularly early on) is intensive, and your per hour is low. You also get last-choice in what courses you teach. Classrooms vary from relatively sophisticated to muggy and cramped. Students often unmotivated. Department and university management (as it were) is uninvolved.

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