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On average, employees at South Dakota State University give their company a 4.5 rating out of 5.0 - which is 14% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest South Dakota State University employees are Graduate Research Assistants submitting an average rating of 4.6 and Research Assistants with a rating of 4.4.

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4.5
Average Rating
(based on 17 South Dakota State University Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.4
Growth Opportunities
4.4
People You Work With
4.7
Person You Work For
4.8
Rewards You Receive
4.3
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.6
Work Setting
4.2
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Research Assistant

"The management and the co-workers were wonderful"

What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?

"The people"

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

"The cold weather"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what your doing, cuz its working"

Teaching Assistant

"True, bad experience there."

Graduate Research Assistant

"Nice environment all around."

Graduate Research Assistant

"Best place to gain skill and implement knowledge."

Graduate Research Assistant
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5 Company Culture 4.9 / 5
Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Graduate Research Assistant
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
Research Assistant
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.3 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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
Marketing Manager

What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?

"The people that I work with and the projects we get to work on. The opportunity to grow a business from ground zero."

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

"Be flexible. Be friendly. Every person and every group has value. Be kind to others until that value reveals itself to you."

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

"There is a lot of regulation from the University Policy to South Dakota Board of Regents Policy to the State of South Dakota Regulations to the Federal contracting guidelines."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop systems that encourage people to work together across departments. Provide a framework for groups like the one that I work in to work within the rules."

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

"I loved working at the university, because I was honed my analytical tool set."

What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?

"I enjoyed the atmosphere and the work I was able to be engaged in."

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

"I would tell them be ready for greatly fluctuating workloads and be prepared to work on multiple projects."

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

"Sometimes it was difficult to be working at a University due to the constraints of our research."

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

"great experience, exciting work and great people"

What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?

"Very exciting work in research and very good experience in cleanroom management. Very good to be part of this university."

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

"Great place to be. Electrical Engineering department was growing fast when I was there."

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

"Like in many universities available resources (money, people) were not enough for the number of ideas that could have been researched."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I cannot recall now some things that may need improvement."

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

"This is a good university for electrical engineering."

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

"As a graduate assistant, I had successful experience in developing and debugging Java web applications. In addition, I found that my problem-solving skills were enhanced by working as part of a team and by considering other peoples ideas."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
South Dakota State University Employee

"I have started working as a graduate research assistant from October 2013. It's a very good experience to be a part of research group. Every Wednesday team meetings are held in which there is a good chance of exposing your work to other team members. I really enjoyed the way my supervisor encouraged me in hard times. Finally, I would say it's a great experience working with the current team."

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

South Dakota State University Reviews FAQs

Is South Dakota State University a good company to work for?

South Dakota State University has an overall rating of 4.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 17 South Dakota State University Review Ratings left anonymously by South Dakota State University employees, which is 15% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at South Dakota State University.

Does South Dakota State University pay their employees well?

South Dakota State 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. 10 South Dakota State University employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at South Dakota State University?

100% of employees would recommend working at South Dakota State University with the overall rating of 4.5 out of 5. Employees also rated South Dakota State University 4.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.3 for Rewards You Receive, 4.4 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at South Dakota State University?

According to our data, the highest paying job at South Dakota State University is a Researcher at $72,000 annually. Browse South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at South Dakota State University?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at South Dakota State University is a Assistant Coordinator at $12,000 annually. Browse South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at South Dakota State University?

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

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