Emory University Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Emory University

Pros – Great facilities and faculty, good stipend considering cheap cost of living in Atlanta

Cons – Must receive advisor funding as of third year

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The pros of working in higher education, and specifically at Emory are the flexible schedule, the fact that you get national holidays off and internal candidates are given preference for most positions. Also the University provides a lot of alternative commuting options to faculty and staff and overall it is a progressive place to work for.

Cons – Raises, specifically for staff, are not based on performance evaluations but on you initial salary - even if you transfer to a new department they will offer you a increase based on a formula. In that same vain, most departments are pretty flat, so if you want to advance you will more than likely need to leave your department.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be nice to extend some of the same benefits to staff as you do faculty.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Emory University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Emory is filled with a diverse palate of wonderful people who really do good work for the university and in their lives. Of course there are "bastions of insanity" but there are also very good departments within the division of campus life and outside of it.

Cons – As much as Emory touted their belief in life/work balance, there are several managers who do not believe in that. Even working from home one day a week, or trying to work a compressed work schedule ( in a non busy season) was frowned up. That sort of inflexibility and an unwillingness to meet their needs of their employees is tough to take! While there are always a few positions that won't be able to share in such options, it would be nice if managers tried to fight for their employees needs and found ways to meet them halfway. This would boost morale.

Advice to Senior Management – While there are always a few positions that won't be able to share in work/life balance options, it would be nice if managers tried to fight for their employees needs and found ways to meet them halfway.- especially when these are the same people who work their tails off during the academic year! This would boost morale and make Emory a great place to work again.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great institution name and state of the art everything.

Cons – Does not take care of its employees and instead spends all the incoming money from charities on expensive architecture while paying its employees peanuts

Advice to Senior Management – pay your employees better.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Emory University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Outstanding leaders who were generally very accessible.
Highly inclusive in that there were many opportunities for employees at all levels to generate ideas and/or provide appropriate constructive criticism.
The mission and vision of Emory were a constant mantra and truly guided many decisions and actions.
Good compensation and benefits, especially for a non-profit. Emory seems to really care about its employees and good home-office balance.

Cons – Human Resources department, ironically, was the most difficult department with which to work. Very difficult to get real live people to answer calls and/or to know with whom one should speak for any given issue. Once a person was reached, however, they were usually very helpful.

Advice to Senior Management – Emory is a well-run institution with a great deal of credibility. Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Friendly office and very helpful co-workers

Cons – Cant really think of any cons.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great people to work with

Cons – There are sometimes long hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Emory University full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – intellectually stimulating, great collegial atmosphere.

Cons – there are no downsides to working here.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Emory University

Pros – I worked here as a student, so there were flexible hours and that worked for me. Very 9-5 type job.

Cons – Salary was not very high.

Current Employee – been working at Emory University part-time

Pros – get some research experience. good for career development

Cons – small group. the project is not very innovative thats it