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19%
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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 68 University of Pittsburgh Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.1
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Research Specialist

"The University of Pittsburgh is a great place to work for those interested in academic research. There are great opportunities for everyone from entry level lab aids to research faculty. I found it to be a very supportive work environment."

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

"Very good place to work on, the academic and environment."

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
Graduate Research Assistant
Person You Work For 3.7 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 3.7 / 5
Research Specialist

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"I like the friendly working environment at University of Pittsburgh."

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

"I would like stable funding support for the job."

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

"I do not like the compensation and lack of funding."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would like the management to have more stable funding."

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

"A great opportunity to learn new knowledge and many hands on experiences."

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"Learning new knowledge, working with many talented persons, and many opportunities to know different cultures."

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

"Express the best side of a person, and most importantly, be confident of yourself."

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

"Long working hours make me exhausted, noisy because of high people sensitivity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take everyone's suggestions and discuss with more peers in order to take care of everything."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Payroll Administrator

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"The college environment has more energy and optimism than other workplaces."

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

"Typically you don't grow within your department. You have to move around the university to other departments to get ahead."

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

"Financially the university is struggling a bit and there are constant reminders of cutbacks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I feel that we could support the students better if we had more work flexibility and empowerment."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Research Assistant

"The work style in the University of Pittsburgh is very creative and comfortable."

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"I like my work in the University of Pittsburgh very much."

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

"I feel the University of Pittsburgh should be more diversified."

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

"Sometimes the technical staff are not very friendly and not efficient."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve the efficiency for technical support such as reduce the waiting time for training"

Person You Work For 4 / 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 4 / 5
Media Relations Intern

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"Events - game days, working with the press, fast paced weekends, meeting important people."

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

"Don't be an intern. Ever. Anywhere. And get paid for your work."

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

"There wasn't enough work to do during business hours, and I got bored."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have absolutely no idea what I would do differently - that's so beyond my reach."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Marketing Associate

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"It's a secure place to work, and has a good name for itself."

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

"There are great opportunities for those higher in their career, such as manager level."

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

"It doesn't have the opportunities for someone in my position, and the process for where I want to be in my career will take much longer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make my employees feel more comfortable and always keep the communication line open."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"Potential for high impact research that will change health care as we know it."

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

"Prepare to have people above you take credit for your work and be inundated with red tape in completing research."

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

"The job I was hired to do and the job I fit in do not exist."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would take into account the skills that each employee brings to the job site and try to use them to the best of their ability as opposed to hiring people and having them complete tasks not in their job description."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Web Developer

"I am the web jack-of-all-trades"

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"It's a great student position, it's paid, and it's within walking distance of my apartment."

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

"It's design by committee. Sometimes you just need to design something, and ask for ideas later."

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

"It's a dead-end job. Once I graduate, I stop getting paid."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None really, they tell me what to do, I do it. Everyone gets along."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 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 4 / 5
Android Developer

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"Projects are interesting, colleagues are friendly and working place is nice."

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

"Communication is the first important thing, while coding ability is second."

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

"Nothing specifically, actually it is a very nice working environment."

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant

"Challenging and Interesting."

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"Flexible hour. Plenty of literature resources. Higher Educational level. Easy transportation."

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

"I highly recommend this university and highly recommend the city of Pittsburgh."

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

"Minimum salary. Lack of industrial coordination. Lack of inter department cooperation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would like to have better pay and better intern opportunity."

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 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Special Events Assistant

What do you like about working at University of Pittsburgh?

"I enjoy working towards establishing career programs that students will benefit from."

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

"This is a great place to work and continue your education."

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

"There is not always room for advancement within the institution."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on the big picture rather than the minute details."

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

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Is University of Pittsburgh a good company to work for?

University of Pittsburgh has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 68 University of Pittsburgh Review Ratings left anonymously by University of Pittsburgh employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at University of Pittsburgh.

Does University of Pittsburgh pay their employees well?

University of Pittsburgh employees earn $40,000 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 39% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 31 University of Pittsburgh employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find University of Pittsburgh Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at University of Pittsburgh?

96% of employees would recommend working at University of Pittsburgh with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated University of Pittsburgh 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at University of Pittsburgh?

According to our data, the highest paying job at University of Pittsburgh is a Vice President at $190,000 annually. Browse University of Pittsburgh Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at University of Pittsburgh?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at University of Pittsburgh is a Equipment Operator at $14,000 annually. Browse University of Pittsburgh Salaries by Job Profile.

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

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

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