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Working at Penn State University in State College, PA: 50 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in State College, PA Area

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On average, employees in State College, PA at Penn State University give their company a 4.0 rating out of 5.0 based on 50, whereas overall Average Rating of Penn State University is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 123 Penn State University Review Ratings. The happiest Penn State University employees in State College, PA are Research Assistants submitting an average rating of 4.6.

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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 106 Penn State University Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.2
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Working at Penn State University in State College, PA: 50 Employee Reviews

Learning Assistant

"I am working as a part-time employee, and my supervisor distributed work for each member. We have great and helpful communication in our chat group. And, my supervisor was willing to answer any questions very quickly."

Person You Work For 5 / 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 5 / 5
Penn State University Employee

"PSU is a great school, and doing researchers at PSU is a great choice."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Penn State University (123)

4.6 Highest Rated in this Industry is Fisk Electric (11)
2.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is JRW Foundation Systems (6)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (3,537)
Penn State University Employee

"Penn State is a great place to work if you want to stay there the long term. They have decent benefits, but the pay is not great."

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

"I have worked at Penn State University for 4 years, and the Penn State is a very good place with nice research and teaching atmosphere. I have a good experience on studying and living in state college."

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

"this is a great company to work for"

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
Penn State University Employee

"Great experience working here"

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

"I've worked for Penn State for 1 year and had not run into any problems with either my supervisor or administrative problem."

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

"Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics provides you with the best experience for starting out in live production. You gain experience in every position to put together various sporting events for both streams and video board productions. A very welcoming environment that allows you to learn in real life situations."

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
PhD Candidate

"great collaborators, team working environment, great research facility."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 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
Penn State University Employee

"Penn State is a good place to work. Excellent research."

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

"Good place to learn and expand your domain knowledge while working on the job,"

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Culinary Apprentice

"I worked for Findlay Dining Commons since 2015. They are a great company to work for as a college student. The coworkers are awesome, and the compensation is unmatched in the state college area."

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

"I joined the Thred Group at PS, last year. The group has a great collaborative working environment and a fantastic research laboratory. It is a great place for young researchers to learn about the latest machine learning applications"

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

"Good place to work! Best university experience of my life."

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
Penn State University Employee

"I've worked as a Research Assistant since 2018. I have learned a lot in the place."

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
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