Is Worcester Polytech a good company to work for?

Worcester Polytech has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 792 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 91% of employees would recommend working at Worcester Polytech to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Worcester Polytech have been left by employees working as Lab Assistant , Student Assistant and Graduate Student .

Does Worcester Polytech pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Worcester Polytech employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Worcester Polytech. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Worcester Polytech?

91% of Worcester Polytech employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Worcester Polytech 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Worcester Polytech?

Research Assistant (86) , Teaching Assistant (44) , Graduate Research Assistant (21) , Graduate Assistant (16) , Graduate Student (15) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (15) , Student Assistant (15) , Peer Learning Assistant (14) , Lab Assistant (10) , Student Worker (9) , Administrative Assistant (8) , Assistant Director (8) , PhD Student (8) , Postdoctoral Fellow (8) , Assistant Professor (5)

What are the pros of working at Worcester Polytech according to real employee reviews?

"WPI is an awesome school and the people in these departments are great" ((in 41 reviews)); "Great benefits like HSA and retirement contributions and many days off." ((in 31 reviews)); "Flexible hours to work in the office during school and 40hrs of work during summers." ((in 23 reviews)); "Friendly faculty and staff dedicated to helping students succeed." ((in 17 reviews)); "Nice campus to work on and a good area of the city." ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Worcester Polytech according to real employee reviews?

"but the salary is low" ((in 22 reviews)); "Management pushed back against graduate student unions" ((in 10 reviews)); "I get paid minimum wage" ((in 6 reviews)); "poor leadership" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Worcester Polytech locations?

Worcester , Boston , New York , Wisconsin Rapids , Washington , Boulder , Pascoag , Auburn

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4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(727 total reviews)

Laurie Leshin

74% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

3.7

Compensation and benefits

Worcester Polytech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 727 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Worcester Polytech 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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727 reviews

5.0

Nov 20, 2015

Work study

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Cool supervisor Very flexible hours Learn behind the scenes IT operations Relaxed work environment and free food every now and then

Cons

Sometimes people are hard to deal with When people give you sass over the phone, forward to supervisor

1.0

Jan 19, 2015

An institution of higher earning for the stockholders. Academic integrity is weak with slack standards in favor of money

Assistant professor

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CEO approval

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Pros

School is small so relatively few students are impacted

Cons

Students are allowed to arrogate to faculty and slack off; such behavior is protected by Board of Visitors as they are more interested in taking student loan money and pushing students out the door.....its all about the money.

4.0

Oct 7, 2014

Graduate Research Assistant

Research assistant

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Pros

- High degree of freedom to explore new ideas and projects while been funded as a research assistant - Flexible working time, just get all the things done before due dates and you can literally work at home 7 days a week - No risk of being fired if new ideas turn out to be not so good as expected - Tons of opportunities after granduation

Cons

- Poor training to the staff, do not expect the school staff always treat you well - Parking lot management is a nightmare - As a PhD student, there is no work-life balance in general here. Life is to work, and work for life

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