On average, employees at South Dakota State University give their company a 4.5 rating out of 5.0 - which is 14% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest South Dakota State University employees are Graduate Research Assistants submitting an average rating of 4.6 and Research Assistants with a rating of 4.4.
"Good place to learn and grow as a young professional, however with limited resources the salary is not competitive and, as it is good to learn all areas of the job and wear many hats, with low salaries this makes it hard to sustain employees overtime."
"I have worked as graduate research assistant doing my PhD studies at South Dakota State University, Department of Food Science and Technology since August 2016. It is very good multi-cultural place with great facilities and educated faculties to mentor students for their future careers."
"I am currently working for the South Dakota State University Division of Technology and Security. We have a small team of 11 people working over there including students from the university. The work environment is good and relaxed, no formal work pressure. The managers are really helpful and maintain a good connection with all the team members. Every week a meeting is held with team manager to discuss the work done in the previous week as well as work to be done in the current week."
"I've worked for SDSU since 2015. It's a great place to learn and improve your skills"
"I have worked in three different company eg., South Dakota State University (SDSU), University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC), Energypac Engineering (EE). I would mark SDSU as 4.5 (5.0), USTC 5.0 (5.0), EE 4.5 (5.0)."
"I have had a wonderful experience working as GTA at SDSU. It has helped me to use my mathematical abilities to help others and is a great way to help pay for my education. My fellow employees and employers are fantastic people to work for as well. Would definitely recommend this position of future graduate students."
"I have started working as a graduate research assistant from October 2013. It's a very good experience to be a part of research group. Every Wednesday team meetings are held in which there is a good chance of exposing your work to other team members. I really enjoyed the way my supervisor encouraged me in hard times. Finally, I would say it's a great experience working with the current team."
"As a graduate assistant, I had successful experience in developing and debugging Java web applications. In addition, I found that my problem-solving skills were enhanced by working as part of a team and by considering other peoples ideas."
"This is a good university for electrical engineering."
"great experience, exciting work and great people"
What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"Very exciting work in research and very good experience in cleanroom management. Very good to be part of this university."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Great place to be. Electrical Engineering department was growing fast when I was there."
What don't you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"Like in many universities available resources (money, people) were not enough for the number of ideas that could have been researched."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I cannot recall now some things that may need improvement."
"I loved working at the university, because I was honed my analytical tool set."
What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"I enjoyed the atmosphere and the work I was able to be engaged in."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"I would tell them be ready for greatly fluctuating workloads and be prepared to work on multiple projects."
What don't you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"Sometimes it was difficult to be working at a University due to the constraints of our research."
What do you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"The people that I work with and the projects we get to work on. The opportunity to grow a business from ground zero."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be flexible. Be friendly. Every person and every group has value. Be kind to others until that value reveals itself to you."
What don't you like about working at South Dakota State University?
"There is a lot of regulation from the University Policy to South Dakota Board of Regents Policy to the State of South Dakota Regulations to the Federal contracting guidelines."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Develop systems that encourage people to work together across departments. Provide a framework for groups like the one that I work in to work within the rules."
South Dakota State University has an overall rating of 4.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 17 South Dakota State University Review Ratings left anonymously by South Dakota State University employees, which is 15% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at South Dakota State University.
South Dakota State University employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 10 South Dakota State University employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Title.
100% of employees would recommend working at South Dakota State University with the overall rating of 4.5 out of 5. Employees also rated South Dakota State University 4.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.3 for Rewards You Receive, 4.4 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at South Dakota State University is a Researcher at $72,000 annually. Browse South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at South Dakota State University is a Office Assistant at $12,000 annually. Browse South Dakota State University Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at South Dakota State University to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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