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4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(775 total reviews)
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70% positive business outlook

Santa Clara University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 775 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Santa Clara 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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775 reviews
4.0
Jan 21, 2015
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Pros

Beautiful campus. Polite students. Supportive faculty. Moderate support of research in terms of funds. Close community. If you are able to do some research, and not dedicate too much time to all of the possible service opportunities, you can have a nice work/life balance. Family friendly university.

Cons

No graduate students. The university does not require, or reward, excellence. Many very intelligent faculty have a great deal of time on their hands to be concerned with committees, faculty senate, and student evaluations of teaching. This is fine, but there isn't always the social support to enable strong research because the culture demands a great deal of service. Also, this salaries within the College of Arts and Sciences are low, especially considering the extremely high cost of living in the Silicon Valley right now.

2.0
May 27, 2024
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Pros

Santa Clara has tuition remission and tuition coverage for dependents. These are the only good benefits.

Cons

The University prides itself on being a Jesuit institution and claims to care for everyone. However, the low pay and lack of hybrid work options demonstrate the opposite. The University has an endowment of more than a billion dollars, which could enable it to offer higher pay for workers.

1.0
Feb 21, 2022

Senior Management just doesn't care

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Pros

Tuition remission, beautiful campus, working with students can be rewarding

Cons

Senior management and the board of trustees just don't care about the staff and faculty. Pay is severely low for the area, most areas of campus are way understaffed so people are underpaid, and can be severely overworked. There is little trust in the senior leadership amongst the staff and I have never worked somewhere where moral is anywhere near this low. The perception is that leadership cares more for the growth of the endowment and that employees are essentially cattle.

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