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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 97 Rutgers University Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.0
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"I love working for Rutgers University Residence Life. I will never trade this experience for anything. I believe that I made lifetime friends and obtain work experience that will help me in the future. Learn to live with deadlines and be transparent when in comes to communicating with your supervisor."
Posted 10 years ago in New Brunswick, NJ
Teaching Assistant

"Doesn't sufficiently encourage curiosity, learning and growth."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Rutgers University Employee

"Very open environment, easy to get along with others. Nothing is too overbearing as long as you follow the proper training which is provided (and paid!)"

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Student Researcher

"This was a research position during my undergraduate at Rutgers that had me dealing with distributed systems in an academic environment. I learned a lot from the professors guiding the research/work on the APIs and would encourage many students to seek work under them."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Graduate Research Assistant

"The environment are very dynamics and collaborative. I learnt many thing and have been trying to do my best in all projects."

Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Teaching Assistant

"I have worked for Rutgers and its been the best experience."

Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Teaching Assistant

"It's a pleasant experience."

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"It's easy and fun, I love communicating with my students."

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

"Just be yourself, and answer every question they ask for."

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

"I am going to graduate, I can't work there after graduation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Trust your people, and let them do what's right. And also listen to their students opinions."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"Rutgers has a good Ph.D program. The mentors are all helpful. You get a lot support from professor and technician."

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

"Be prepared. Even you are a student, professors do expect more."

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

"Administration is low efficient. Too much paper work for almost everything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make thing simply and straight. Be more reasonable and considerable."

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 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Graduate Teaching Assistant

"Proficient statistical modeling, quantitative skills"

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"I enjoy how busy I am and the fact that I get to analyze data about our data.I do a lot in processing web data and Im constantly working on finding the revelence of a URL."

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

"Be Prepared for any question , and time is important"

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

"I have no reason that I do not like working at the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Things which I currently do, or will do shortly include: - Daily random fact on white board as folks walk in (This is now a very ingrained part of our office!) - Weekly word on a different white board"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Instructor

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"I like some of my colleagues. I like teaching, and being in academia generally. I typically like being in a research environment, but none of these things are specific to Rutgers."

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

"Rutgers is set up best for tenured faculty, not for instructors."

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

"The relationships within my department are toxic and competitive. Furthermore, I do not feel challenged, and I often feel like the drama of work eclipses any opportunity to be productive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More involvement with employees, more emphasis on aesthetics, more emphasis on team-building and professionalism."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"Its a good job during school, and is flexible enough around classes."

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

"Stress your abilities for customer support, friendliness, and technical know how."

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

"The pay is mediocre, and there are other jobs where you can actually get homework done while working"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They didn't really have an easy way to develop a culture, so any improvement there would be great."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"I was able to have flexible hours that worked with my class schedule."

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

"Your base should be the mission of the college, how it relates to the job you are applying for, and what you can do to fulfill both."

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

"I only worked there for a month because it was a temporary position, and there's nothing I thought was too bad worth remembering."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have maybe two training sessions for the first time referees instead of one."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"I enjoy the continuous challenge and sense of personal learning from helping others."

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

"The Learning centers are not just a resume strength nor purely a help to students; they are also invaluable for personal learning of the basic courses."

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

"I have litle opportunity at this time to advance within my department, since it primarily consists of just tutors and program directors."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The course professors do not have much interaction with tutors; this is implemented in more recent projects but needs standarized."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"My boss was very supportive and my project was interesting"

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

"The department accepts most material science undergraduates but any engineer could work"

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

"It was an undergraduate positions so there wasn't much room to advance"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was very lenient for the position, I would have preferred to work more hours but was limited by the university"

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"My direct bosses and the job that I currently do."

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

"Ask many questions and ensure everything is written on paper before you agree to it."

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

"The benefits and salary. They have a hiring freeze, so they are still not able to give me permanant job with benefits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To allow more room for advancement and to lax the rules for employment a bit."

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

What do you like about working at Rutgers University?

"Direct interaction with the students, helping them solve their problems"

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

"Be very energetic and be very enthusiastic . Willing to be a team player"

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

"I do not like the politics of the environment ."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less micromanagement, more leadership and be around for help or questions"

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

Rutgers University Reviews FAQs

Is Rutgers University a good company to work for?

Rutgers University has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 97 Rutgers University Review Ratings left anonymously by Rutgers University employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at Rutgers University.

Does Rutgers University pay their employees well?

Rutgers University employees earn $35,000 annually on average, or $17 per hour, which is 47% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 50 Rutgers University employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Rutgers University Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Rutgers University?

95% of employees would recommend working at Rutgers University with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Rutgers University 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.7 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Rutgers University?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Rutgers University is a Chief of Staff at $200,000 annually. Browse Rutgers University Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Rutgers University?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Rutgers University is a Student Manager at $11,000 annually. Browse Rutgers University Salaries by Job Profile.

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

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

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