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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 21 Rice University Review Ratings)

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Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
4.1
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
4.6
Way You Work
4.6
Work Setting
4.3
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"I have been at Rice University for over 3 years and I have had the best time here. I am grateful for the opportunity at this place and have never had any dearth of assistance and guidance throughout. My adviser has been a great mentor and have always been approachable in spite of his busy schedules."
Posted 10 years ago in Houston, TX
Research Assistant

"Chemical engineer with strong background in polymer synthesis, characterization"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"In my group, I like my project because it is practical and involving multiple disciplines so that I can broaden my skills."

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

"For my group, don't be afraid of coming up new ideas as long as you can make them happen."

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

"I like flexible working hours but I can make certain progress on time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I will be enjoying the working environment with inter-discipline collaboration which helps growth especially in R&D group"

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

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"The ability of doing the research you enjoy freely. Working with other talented people in my study area."

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

"If you want to go to graduate school, your resume should focus on educational background. You also need a decent GRE score."

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

"We are graduate students, so the salary and benefit is not good!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To increase the salary of graduate students. Provide better housing options."

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

"It was an exercise in constant frustration."

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"The chance to be a part of some incredible research opportunities"

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

"Be extremely selective in your advisor, as a poor choice can ruin the entire experience for you, as it did for me."

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

"Balancing changing demands and the inability to control my own research."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to be more consistent in the direction you provide. Do not direct an employee to read and research the feasibility of an alternative and then criticize that they found it was not viable and did not directly experiment with it."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Research Scientist

"Challenging work, intellectually rigorous environment, high degree of autonomy"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"The work has been very challenging, and my coworkers are very intelligent and dedicated to making a change to the high-performance computing landscape."

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

"Be prepared to answer questions on a wide range of intellectual endeavors."

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

"I have determined that I miss the high level of camaraderie of the more team-based workgroups typical of industrial development."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A more stable and consistent approach to personnel and time management would assist in avoiding crisis-of-the-moment syndrome."

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

"Nice place and good people to work with"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"Very smart colleagues and supportive supervisor to work with. I had nice experience there."

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

"Get full prepared, especially the technical questions and try to be nice."

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

"Stipend is too low, work too much but get less"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.2 / 5 Way You Work 4.1 / 5
Course Attendant

"Great experience for a summer job."

Project Developer

"Academia has its own benefits"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"Surrounded by intelligent people, great opportunities to learn, low stress"

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

"Sometimes slow progress"

Library Assistant

"Great place to work"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"flexible. was always surrounded by competent interesting people."

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

"do your best."

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

"it was a student job, no real future in what I did. temp."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"don't change!"

LAN Specialist

"Heaven on Earth."

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"I liked the beautiful campus and relaxed work environment, the staff, the convenience of the on campus facilities and the great leadership and open camaraderie."

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

"Be prepared and be yourself."

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

"Absolutely nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Great job!"

Research Associate

"not a good place to work, unless you are very strong at academy"

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"Start place."

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

"freedom."

Desk Supervisor

"Great place to work if salary is not your primary concern, family atmosphere, great people."

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"Exciting cutting-edge academic atmosphere, fantastic technology infrastructure thanks to insightful moves by management."

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

"Yes. Don't be too formal; they're a university and they're not looking for suits. They want technical excellence, dedication, and people who are joiners."

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

"Salary not competitive with commercial market, university politics can be stifling at times"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Aside from more salary, none. It was a great place to work."

Sports Instructor

"Teach and hug children all day, what could be better."

Assistant Men's Tennis Coach

"Excellent experience to coach at the college level."

What do you like about working at Rice University?

"Being involved with workd class tennis players in a world class institution."

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

"I was not able to make enough money as an assistant coach."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increase salary"

Rice University Reviews FAQs

Is Rice University a good company to work for?

Rice University has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 21 Rice University Review Ratings left anonymously by Rice University employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at Rice University.

Does Rice University pay their employees well?

Rice University employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 15 Rice University employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Rice University Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Rice University?

95% of employees would recommend working at Rice University with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Rice University 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.6 for Rewards You Receive, 4.1 for Growth Opportunities and 4.6 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Rice University?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Rice University is a Board Director at $301,000 annually. Browse Rice University Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Rice University?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Rice University is a Sales Associate at $14,000 annually. Browse Rice University Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Rice University?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Rice University to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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