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      4.3

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (2,891 total reviews)

      Timothy D. Sands

      79% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      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
      3.0
      Sep 15, 2008

      Good place to learn

      Graduate research assistant
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      Pros

      It is a good place to learn new things. Lot's of new graduate students, and smart ones too. As a graduate student i got a lot of help from my professors, and they are all very intelligent and smart. It is a good place to go to school especially if you are in engineering. Would definetly recommend anyone to go there. Also you get funded atleast for one of the semesters if you are a graduate student.

      Cons

      It's a university environment, so not a lot a scope to grow, but you get to learn a lot.

      4.0
      Jun 23, 2008

      Pretty good place to work overall

      Professor (unspecified rank)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Experiences in a large university are largely influenced by the department and college and can vary widely depending on the particulars of your group. So my comments may be quite different than those in other fields. * flexiblity with how you spend your research time * minimal committee work for Assistant professors; efforts on reducing their teaching loads

      Cons

      * Compared to our peer schools, our teaching loads are too high (4 courses per academic year vs. 3 at peers). At the same time we offer much lower summer support (1/9 vs 2/9 at peers) and somewhat lower base salaries. * At the department level, our key decisionmakers' seem to have an over-inflated view of the deparment's status in the profession. This can lead to counterproductive decisions. We recently decided not to hire a senior person from another school because of concerns about his research; based on his record, this guy would have had the best research record in the department! * Colleagues are "friendly" but not "collegial". Many people rarely/ever come in to their office, there is very little/no mentoring

      4.0
      Jun 13, 2008

      An excellent place to work for people with families and those who desire stress free life

      Developer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      excellent benefits, good work-life balance, proximity to new blue ridge mountains and plenty of opportunities to do outdoor sports, excellent place to do continuing education and take courses. Enough leeway is given in trying out new technologies. Since the employer is state of Virginia there is a great job stability and excellent retirement benefits as well. The fear of layoffs is never there on the minds of people.

      Cons

      Due to the lack of industries in the area there are less opportunities of growth. The only salary raises people usually get are not more than the standard inflationary raise allowed by the state of Virginia.

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