Emory University Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"My boss left, and no one in the department was interested in continuing the work."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"I loved being around talented minds and the university setting. Benefits were exceptional. I was close to my home."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a great place to be if you are in the correct job. Thoroughly check out the culture of any specific department where you wish to apply."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"I was the first communications person in this department, and few doctors have an interest in marketing. After my boss left, I was ignored, left alone, and not supported by the department."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In a School of Medicine, doctors and faculty believe they know the correct way to do anything. The university needs to work more to change the mindsets of faculty."

"The organization lacks representation of minority scientists, which is a nationwide issue but given the demographics of Atlanta and surrounding suburbs and universities should really not be an issue with an administration that supports change and improvement. This institution is a great place for career development, including recent NIH funding to address issues of ethnic/racial diversity of biomedical professionals and postdoc professional options for all ethnic/racial groups."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"Some of the people at Emory are great to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Explore your options and know that it is most likely going to be a dead-end job."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"Always watching, waiting for one to make a mistake and then in for the kill, got a save a buck...even unscrewed the light bulbs to save money."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change the current way of business of it is all about money, not about making a difference."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"There is a lot of flexibility from day-to-day, and the culture can be supportive of one another."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"A job at Emory University will only be rewarding if you have a PhD or MD and could potentially be at the top of a department that you are interviewing at. Otherwise you are stuck in this position until the money runs out, so you should be absolutely sure that you are either getting something out of this (e.g., training) or are planning on a career where you come in, do whatever work is required, and go home."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"Every team will be different, but there's a culture of isolation and us-against-them in many departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's hard to say if I would do anything differently at all; this could be a function of academia. Emory University feel like a high-rent school, and there can be a big disconnect between staff and just about everyone else."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"President Carter is my boss. And I get to travel sometimes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you play hardball on the salary negotiation, because you'll be stuck forever with it."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"Very low pay scale. Impersonal human resource policies that are not consonant with a non-profit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Realize the serious employee morale crisis that is getting more desperate every day."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"Hours, assisting families, great co-workers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, just that benefits are awesome and staff are professional. Love the work atmosphere."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"Loved working there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find jobs for staff members that have been laid off, within other departments."

"Emory University is good place to work."

"In this role at Emory I was very happy."

"Emory was a beautiful campus and I had a great boss!!"

"Grade: A+Education, D- HR Depart, F Training Dept., good for beginning or end of career job."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"If you enjoy learning there are many opportunities to gain knowledge outside of your job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Recruiters are slow and unorganized. You will probably need to follow up with them to help move the process along once you are contacted. Be patient."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"Hire Managers with no real life experience. They just have degrees with book knowledge without practical experience. Training Department is the worst. Incompetence abounds."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Gain project management/development experience that is more than classroom based. Having a Ph.D or Masters is great but so is work experience."

"Great place to work, but don't expect great pay."

"I'm a full time student at Emory. It's a convenient and rewarding to work part time here."

What do you like about working at Emory University?

"It was great to be able to balance work and personal life. There were good people at the Woodruff library of the General Libraries division where I worked."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The Healthcare side of the University is more consistent and financially stable. Try to find a job on the healthcare side."

What don't you like about working at Emory University?

"3 years ago Management changed and the new manager (vice provost) stopped listening to employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"University management as a whole was good. However a few of the many divisions have a problem. In my previous division they need to listen to employees. Also it is bad PR if you RIF employees to save money and right after the announcing the RIF turn around and spend $50,000 to rearrange cubes, $12,000 for mounting a new large screen LCD TVs on the front of the entrances and such."

"Emory was a fun place to work, however recent moves toward a more corporate environment did not come with corporate salaries."