Working at University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS: 20 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Lawrence, KS Area

"The Kansas Geological Survey has been a great place to work for and to start my career. I worked in Exploration Services and It's been a great experience overall. Very friendly staff with good benefits."

"While it was just a summer job, working for the University of Kansas gave me a chance to meet interesting and exciting people, as well as gain experience."

"Excellent place to be a GRA."

"Understand your contract as a GTA."

"I worked as a graduate student in the Chemistry Department at the University of Kansas. It was a wonderful experience and the research being done at the KU was superb."

"I have been employed as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Kansas as part of my thesis research. My employer is my research advisor and she is a treat to work with. There are no opportunities of growth in this position since it is as far as you can go. The compensation is not the greatest but this is what you expect when you are a student at a university. There is a meager amount of opportunities for students and it is best to get in touch with a professor and make your case to see/create any future opportunities."

"I've worked here for a couple of years now and I just got my first raise, it was a 2 dollars per hour increase."

"I have been at ITTC since I started work on my PhD. I love the research I do and the people I work with. My hope is to pursue a career that will allow me to continue to grow in my field by offering new challenges and opportunity."

"It's a quiet and clean place for doing research. Faculties are very helpful and knowledgeable. But the research facilities are a little out of date."

"I've worked for the center for bioinformatics since 2011."

"I have been working as a TA for the EECS department at University of Kansas for a year and a half now. The experience has been the most satisfying!"

"It's a great place to work. But not a great place to settle down."

"I worked at KU for three and half years. l got a lot of improvement and I like it very much."

"Good"

What do you like about working at University of Kansas?

"People are friendly and helpful here. Equipments are advanced. Researches are interesting."

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

"Relax and be yourself would be good enough since they are very nice."

What don't you like about working at University of Kansas?

"I can't think of anything like that at the top my head right now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"He could've be around more and give us more support."

What do you like about working at University of Kansas?

"Opportunity for growth. Intellectually stimulating environment. Engaged colleagues. Beautiful campus environment."

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

"Demonstrate initiative and passion for what you do. Be a good person to work with and demonstrate all three of these things with stories/examples in your responses."

What don't you like about working at University of Kansas?

"There are a lot of inefficiencies at KU and there is too much decentralization - not enough of an organized core. The technology is pitiful - we're always behind the wave."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Demonstrate more compassion about implementing changes in the middle of busy times. I would also be aware of the need for stability in these trying times of rapid change."