3.6 out of 5. Not great, not terrible - Recensione dipendente - Assistant Research Professor presso Penn State

3,0
27 gen 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Good colleagues (depends on the department). Affordable cost of living. Good location if you love the outdoors. Students are generally nice and if you look hard you can find highly capable and motivated ones.

Svantaggi

Extremely bureaucratic. Based on public pay data, I think we are paid less than peer state flagship universities. Penn State is also multiple hours away from big cities like Pittsburgh or Philly, so if you are a city person or have a partner outside of academia, this can be quite a large negative.

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5,0
2 lug 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The PhD is paid and rewarding intellectually

Svantaggi

The PhD is mentally strenuous

5,0
27 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Svantaggi

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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