Virginia Tech reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(2,891 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

79% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,891 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Virginia Tech 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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3K reviews
5.0
Oct 27, 2009

A great place to be..

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The community is great. The city is so nice and calm. Everyone respect the other and there is a family like setting.

Cons

If you are into big cities then VT wont be the way to go. If you are looking for a long corporate ladder which you can jump and leap up then its not there also (could be a pro or a con).

1.0
Oct 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

University/Academic setting Facilities are very good Meet lot of people Small town, you feel part of the community

Cons

Postdoctoral research positions are cheap "very skilled labor" for universities so that they can compete with other research organizations. It may be essential if you are pursuing an academic career in a research university or national lab. But, a postdoc in itself has no future and you are even more expendable than a graduate student. The working conditions are really bad. In general postdocs positions are filled by Indian and Chinese scholars who are trying to stay in the country after they graduated. Sort of the hispanic equivalent of manual labor in the sciences and engineering.

3.0
Oct 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

meet lots of people. Lot of opportunities for things to do such as athletics, sports. blacksburg is nice place to live.

Cons

not much to do in blacksburg. parking is a pain. tuitition is very high. the weather can be very cold.

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