Northwestern University Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Northwestern is a great place to study and work. Nice environment and friendly people."

"Good company, a lot of good researchers there."

"I worked as a research assistant to develop a website for their department of communication and disorders. They were really helpful to me and provided me with every resource I asked for and gave me the flexibility of time to work on my time and my pace. They had very specific requirement and they pushed me to my limit to achieve those requirements and at the end I feel that I learned a lot by pushing myself to the limit."

"Oct 2013 Dec 2013. Assisted graduate (in Analytics) students to understand object oriented concepts through java. Clarified their doubts and taught them to trace and debug code snippets in java. Helped them to outline their projects and code efficiently using Eclipse IDE."

"Northwestern University is certainly a well known and respected institution. Being a university, business can be quite confusing at times due to the environment which is quite eclectic. I believe a lack of cohesive enterprise goal making can cause confusion and lack of career opportunities for non-faculty personnel."

"No complaints for Northwestern University, it's an awesome place to work."

"I am working as a postdoc and developer in one spin-off. Which means half of the standard salary with respect to a standard start-up, with the same stress, and the bureaucracy of the academia. Plus, my employer has no shame to exploit J1/H1 slavery. We are constantly blackmailed to work more than 70 hrs per week under the menace of not having our visa renewed. Stay away."

"Northwestern Medical is a growing company, not very open work environment. They need to provide a more flexible work environment."

"I would say it's just so-so to have a mean BOSS."

"Great employer to work for. I have learned a lot while at NU."

"I worked as the research assistant at Northwestern to complete my master degree. It is a great lab and people are all very nice. I like the atmosphere here."

"I am a graduate student in Northwestern University."

"Good benefits, competitive and good learning environment to work."

What do you like about working at Northwestern University?

"I like the flexible work schedule, the benefits, and camaraderie."

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

"Talk to older (4+ year graduate students) before joining a graduate program. Ask them about what their career plans are. More than likely they will tell you that they are leaving academia. It is unrealistically competitive to become a tenured professor."

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

"There's very little direction, I am constantly made to feel like a failure, no one will offer help without there being something in it for them, I don't make enough money."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Meet with students more often, give useful feedback and real suggestions."