237 Postdoctoral Research Associate Reviews

"People in the department are very nice. Good benefit for the family. Nothing to complain."

"Freedom to execute ideas."

"Working on different and new challenging aspects on research."

"Love: I can do great science with great people. Hate: pay is low."

"A lot of challenge, but just the salary is low."

"I love my job, but in terms of funding for my research area, I have somewhat difficulty in finding stable funding."

"I loved the challenge of solving the puzzle and discovering something new. I do not like the fact that due to lack of funding I had to move almost every 2 years, to sometimes even different country. And what I really do not like, is that now I reached a max in postdoc position and only way forward is some teaching job, and significant reduction of the fun research."

"Love - flexibility and autonomy you are your own boss. Hate - low pay."

"I love the freedom and opportunity to learn. I hate the compensation. It is hard to live by in NYC on a postdoc salary."

"I would love to stay and continue my research. But currently we do not have enough funding. So I have to hunt a new position."

"I love the challenges that come with being a researcher in the Nuclear Physics group at North Carolina State University. The diversity of challenges here allows me to easily grow my skill set, but it doesn't distract from this occupation, which I thoroughly enjoy. The cons include too much travel and a limited work contract."

"It is chance, a slim one, to make personal research discoveries that will empower a career. A quant postdoc working for scientists will likely have more free time and free will than one will ever have for the rest of their lives, time to learn new technology and ideas. It is also possible to succeed simply by waiting time and serving supervisor's orders. You will not use industry software tools, and it is evidence of weakness for quants, since the best move quickly to faculty or industry."