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Working at Caltech in Pasadena, CA: 25 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pasadena, CA Area

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On average, employees in Pasadena, CA at Caltech give their company a 3.0 rating out of 5.0 based on 25, whereas overall Average Rating of Caltech is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 44 Caltech Review Ratings. The happiest Caltech employees in Pasadena, CA are Postdoctoral Scholars submitting an average rating of 4.7 and Anonymous Employees with a rating of 4.6.

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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 31 Caltech Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.4
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Working at Caltech in Pasadena, CA: 25 Employee Reviews

Post Doctoral Scholar

"Great place to work. Really nice people"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Scholar

"I've worked for Caltech, Department of Electrical Engineering for 1 year and 9 months. I thoroughly enjoyed working with a group of highly intelligent, passionate and visionary researchers there. The working environment was friendly and people oriented. I loved it."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Caltech (44)

4.9 Highest Rated in this Industry is Northwest Missouri State University (6)
2.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Vatterott College (8)
4.0 Average of All Companies in this Industry (12,293)
Caltech Employee

"It's a great place to work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"I love working there. It was always my dream job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"Worked for two years. Nice place to work at in general."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"Fulfilling experience. Met a lot challenges and great colleagues."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"I think Caltech can be considered the best research university in the US. I always wanted to have an experienced in such an environment due to its small size (which give you a lot of recognition when it comes to collaboration), and also its strength in fundamental and applied science."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"I've been at Caltech over 10 years."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Caltech Employee

"Great institute. I strongly recommend to everybody to go to Caltech."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Assistant Project Engineer

"The Caltech LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) Project is a great and novel scientific effort which is rewarding to be a part of. LIGO is poised to achieve the first gravitational-wave detections in history, and become a functional new-era cosmological observatory."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Faculty Member

"Research at Caltech is at a very high level. My major issue is that they are not paying their researchers at a level that would reflect the amount of expert knowledge that is being contributed."

Person You Work For 1.7 / 5 People You Work With 1.7 / 5 Work Setting 1.7 / 5
Support You Get 1.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.7 / 5
Company Culture 1.7 / 5 Way You Work 1.7 / 5
Caltech Employee
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant
Work Setting 4.8 / 5 Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5
Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5 Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.9 / 5
Postdoctoral Scholar
Person You Work For 4.6 / 5 People You Work With 4.2 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Member of Technical Staff

"Great people, exciting work, vibrant campus, mediocre offices and below average salary."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2.5 / 5
Support You Get 3.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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