Working at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR: 51 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Corvallis, OR Area

"As a Grad Student, the University has been a wonderful place to work! Lots of Amenities, and those are ever-increasing, thank to a group group of representatives in CGE (Coalition of Graduate Employees). The town is wonderful, the people are nice!"

"Great school to work for, and great environment."

"I've worked here since 2008 and have had a great time. I'm finally getting graduated, so hopefully I will be able to find work out in the real world soon."

"I've been working here as a student developer for about 1 year. I'm very happy working here and learned a lot of skills such as RoR, CoffeeScript, Git-flow, and a lot more. Great experience and very satisfied to work here."

"Oregon State University is about average as far as university employers go, but it was great to work for the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science."

"My supervisors are very laid-back and experienced. They are also very flexible and helpful."

"Working for OSU's extension was fun, but my boss was an abusive addict who regularly broke her promises by putting her name on my work and moving my name down in the list of authors so that she could appear to be doing significantly more work than she actually did. Also, the money was terrible and budget cuts were ongoing for years."

"Great place to study physics. I have not earned and developed my skills as a scientist, I was able to develop teaching skills and computers administrating as well. The faculty gets along very well and they encourage an environment of working together. The pay and compensation ($1950 a month with full tuition and 90% of the fees paid for) were good for only working a couple hours a week. Our department has a reputation of being a recruitment base for Intel research and software development."

What do you like about working at Oregon State University?

"Free academic environment, great campus and wonderful boss and co-workers"

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

"These are good people and great research opportunity. Go for it."

What don't you like about working at Oregon State University?

"the town is not exactly new york city - too small for me!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Weekly briefings should really be brief for us instead of 10 hours long"

"Disappointing"

What do you like about working at Oregon State University?

"Supportive boss, challenging work, great people to work with, innovative"

What don't you like about working at Oregon State University?

"They don't communicate well with people, particularly those who are on probation"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate better with people on probation. Let them know if there are problems so that they can be addressed so that they can be addressed prior to termination"

"It was positive,but prematurely cut off for reasons not entirely clear to me."

What do you like about working at Oregon State University?

"Great boss, exciting environment, good opportunities for growth, inspiring vision for the future of libraries"

What don't you like about working at Oregon State University?

"They're not always patient enough to allow you to prove yourself."