On average, employees in Portland, OR at Portland State University give their company a 3.4 rating out of 5.0 based on 15, whereas overall Average Rating of Portland State University is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 19 Portland State University Review Ratings. The happiest Portland State University employees in Portland, OR are Project Assistants submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Graduate Research Students with a rating of 4.9.
"Portland State struggles with funding and faces many political issues, but provides a pretty good education at a non-exorbitant cost."
"I have worked at Portland State University for 5 years. I find it is a great place to work."
"This is a nice play to work with a nice Professor"
"My professor is very nice."
"I worked for PSU for close to a year with the football team and athletic building staff. It was a great experience and serving the needs of my former coaches and teammates was a privilege that I greatly appreciated. Following strict guidelines and working hard carried over naturally from my years of playing football and I thoroughly enjoyed the work."
"It is really a good opportunity where I can learn new tools like MATLAB and work on the real life projects. I can work on both the funded and non funded opportunities. Even, I can work on the projects too to help the co-workers and gain knowledge. The work environment is too friendly and also challenging so you have to keep yourself up-to-date."
"I am really happy with my current job. It is in IT sector and don't want to go further in IT industry because I have background in Electrical Engineering focused on Power System Engineering. I am actively looking for an opportunity in Power System Industry."
"I have been working here for around 6 months and this is the best place to work. PSU provides all the resources and I can learn all new things that I want to."
"Good place to work, good salary, professional environment."
"It was fun and keeping me busy it was only 15 hours/week"
What do you like about working at Portland State University?
"It was good to get me in the work mood"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"I really think it's a flexible job that will make you learn some of the real picture of the enterprise"
What don't you like about working at Portland State University?
"not committed to work and no great achievement that I dream about"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would suggest having a more relaxed environment for employees"
What do you like about working at Portland State University?
"I like to be in a position I am interested in."
What don't you like about working at Portland State University?
"Employees don't have enough space to grow at the company."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"My suggestion for management is to make employees enough space to grow."
"Graduate school is great, depends on the timing."
What do you like about working at Portland State University?
"Great professors"
What don't you like about working at Portland State University?
"Not enough contacts in the city."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Get a better grasp on career placement."
"Its a student job; this is why the pay isn't great not the benefits."
What do you like about working at Portland State University?
"they were VERY flexible with my school schedule, as well as personal time needed. If I requested it I was granted it. It helped that I was paid hourly."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"The people in the Unix department are real people, you should be real yourself."
What don't you like about working at Portland State University?
"Being a student worker, I hit a glass ceiling with my advancement. I wasn't allowed root access on any of the servers, so doing real server work wasn't available to me."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"too many managers"
"This was a student position"
What do you like about working at Portland State University?
"It was convenient because I also attended the university"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Work hard"
What don't you like about working at Portland State University?
"It didn't pay well."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I was management, but this was a student position"
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