Virginia Tech Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I love it. it's fantastic to stay and work. My adviser is really good."

"I worked with Virginia Tech for more than 2 years as a GRA. My coursework and research were a good experience for me."

"I worked here to complete my PhD degree. It is a nice place to work at."

"Graduate work regarding lab access to students in the department."

What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with. It was a friendly and fun atmosphere and I actually enjoyed going into work each morning. I felt the leadership team was great as well. With my fantasy career, its more about what else I wouldve wanted to learn in college and apply in industry. Based on the research I've done, I found some impressive information about the future projects you have planned. This is the company I've been looking for, I want to be where things are developing, changing, and growing. And I want to make a meaningful contribution to that development and growth."

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

"Research the company you are working for. Ask questions which allow a hiring manager to think of the question in the business sense as well as allow them to imagine you as a key player in the company's future"

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"While I did enjoy working there and appreciate the skills I developed during my time at Virginia Tech, I feel my skill set can be better utilized elsewhere, where my capabilities are more recognized and there is the opportunity for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employee engagement has to be engraved in the DNA and the company culture it needs to come from the top and has to be aligned with the goals of the company"

What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"It will sound good on my resume and I get a paycheck."

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

"The pace of life is very slow. If you like to be constantly on the go, this is not for you. Also be prepared for massive egos. Also know there is limited upward mobility and that many administrative jobs require a master's degree or higher. I have the skills to have a managerial job, but not the master's degree. So the only communications jobs I can get here are part-time ones because you don't get full-time unless you are in some managerial role."

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"No full-time opportunities without a master's degree, all style over substance, not enough of a workload for me to stay busy. I hate the slow pace of things. I work too fast for this."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make this place more about substance than about style."

What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"Doing cutting edge research and consultancy for companies, sharing knowledge"

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

"Find out if there is any chance that you can get a postdoc or if tenure is an actually imaginable goal"

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"My paycheck could be a little more, I wish I could afford a decent house and pay the bills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't know, the organization is so large I guess it's impossible to keep track of everything"

What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"No I did not. It was work and the hours were horrible."

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

"No. Each person has to make their own path these days."

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"The hours and the pay were horrible, but it was close."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. They wouldn't listen anyways. We tried once unsuccessfully."

What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"It's an educational environment, you work with professors and well educated people."

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

"It's a great opportunity to study MBA and work in VT."

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"I liked working in this environment but i'm graduating soon."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please provide more training programs and add the departmental budget"

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What do you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"Smart people to work with, effective management, focus on innovation, beautiful environment."

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

"VT is excellent employer to work for and blacksburg is good place to live in."

What don't you like about working at Virginia Tech?

"Funding dependent position is not very stable. The promotion is slow and hard."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More cooperation with industry will help to transfer the IP to products."

"Management cannot be trusted at all!"

"It was a great working atmosphere."