University of Iowa Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The co-workers are really friendly to me and they teach me a lot in these 2 years."

"This facility is a great place to work. There are many educational opportunities and you can learn so much! Many varieties of nursing positions so you can find something you like. Good benefits and competitive salary. I enjoy my co-workers and always meet someone new every day."

"This department in the hospital is moribund, with incompetence, excessive meetings and people that fundamentally just don't get it. Stacked on top of people who don't want change and a program that is so archaic it's ridiculous."

"Strong position within a good environment, but lacks growth potential"

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"University Setting with strong internal control over applications and directions for IT"

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

"The company is to diverse to provide any recommendations, there are too many silo'd departments."

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

"Lack of mobility and upper job prospects, it is difficult to move from mid-level to management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To often they look outside the University for their managers instead pf promoting from within"

"very good"

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"it is very good. but it is not a real job. I enjoy it a lot."

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

"Not really. It is a research assistant job. Just be professional."

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

"I will graduate with my Ph.D. degree this Decembers. I like my university."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We did not really have a manager. But I do have a advisor. He is awesome."

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"Benefits; tiered pay; union; library access plus interlibrary loan; secure"

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

"It's a secure place to work, but that means dead weight stays forever."

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

"The same security I enjoy is also a cover for people with no business being in an office. Curruption is rampamt and assumed to be cheerful incompetence."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire a couple peple and restructure. There's too much wasted effort by people treading water and making trouble on purpose."

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"the interdisciplinary work I get to do, collaborating with others"

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

"Make sure you negotiate a good salary because raises are few & far between."

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

"Administration has an unhealthy focus on the bottom line and runs on fear and intimidation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"maintain a focus on the bottom line and still care about departments"

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"CUtting edge academic healthcare institution. World leader in medicine research. Great people, wonderful physicians and scientists. Genuine caring people."

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

"UIHC is committed to the care of it's patients. Be a compassionate person but be a team player as well."

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

"Some departments are grossly mismanaged (Urology for example). THe administration in some departments has choked employee morale and created an atmosphere that is not conducive to healing of any kind."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better oversight of all departments especially those with extremely high turn over rates, especially in nusring and support roles. Where there is smoke, there is often fire."

"This job taught me about what it means to work in a professional environment"

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"I liked the public health atmosphere, knowing important work was being done around me"

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

"Be yourself, be enthusiastic, and be ready to jump in to something new."

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

"I disliked the amount of responsibility I had. I could have handled more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A part time intern would have made more sense, but it didn't fulfill my graduation requirement."

"three years as the lead electrical engineer on a student project"

What do you like about working at University of Iowa?

"As a student position it worked well with classes. It also gave me the ability to get real application experience in electrical design and apply all the skills my classes have given me."

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

"This field isn't really applicable, as anyone applying to this company would have to be a student (at least for the position I held)."

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

"As a student position the compensation is a little lower than I'd like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It would have helped me to have a more clear list of tasks."