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Boston University reviews

4.2

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,692 total reviews)

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam

91% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Boston University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,692 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
5.0
Mar 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All you need is the right boss! Throughout the university there's all kinds of red tape to deal with, true, but if you're in the right office under the supervision of a good manager it doesn't matter. All of the red tape can go flying right out the window! Especially if you're working for a department that has a reasonable budget, which can depend a lot on the department chair and how smooth that person is in meetings. So if your department chair gets your department a good budget and you have a boss who can act like a real person you're all set.

Cons

Well, all of the red tape, like I mentioned above.

4.0
Feb 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I stayed on at BU after my PhD as a Postdoc. It was a great, flexible place to be.

Cons

The school has only a so-so name among the top institutions, which makes it a little harder to move on to a good place. Worked out for me.

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