Working at Stanford University

$95k / year

$4k

3.7

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Ratings for Stanford University

What is it like working at Stanford University?

Great place to work, but politics takes over.

Team Leader, IT in San Jose:

Pros: Company is willing to spend and be innovative

Cons: Too many people with egos and agendas

Designing experiments, conducting analyses and troubleshooting broken systems.

Laboratory Manager in Palo Alto:

Pros: Beautiful campus and few tight deadlines.

Cons: That professors do not necessarily receive any training in people management practices.

Stressful but rewarding.

Social Media Marketing Manager in San Jose:

Pros: The ability to grow in my role and challenge myself with new tasks.

Cons: I sometimes have to work overtime without getting overtime pay.

It’s good to work in a. Accredited child care center.

Daycare Teacher in Palo Alto:

Pros: I like the children, families and my team

Cons: My low salary

Purposeful, great people, slow carrier.

Program Manager, Non-Profit Organization in Sunnyvale:

Pros: Great colleagues with very diverse backgrounds and origins. Internationally renown experts in most fields. Creative and open minded people.

Cons: Politics, bad direct management, no 360 annual review.

UX Designer in Sunnyvale:

Pros: Bright people, campus, professional development, health programs

Cons: bureaucracy and academia mentality (low level of time and project management, slow pace)

No room for growth.

Production Manager, Print in Palo Alto:

Pros: I enjoy the beautiful campus and some of my colleagues make the day so much better.

Cons: No room for growth. Little trust from the management.