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4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,424 total reviews)
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Columbia University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,424 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia 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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3.0
Mar 18, 2011

Good working environment, good benefit

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Columbia is one of the top universities in terms of research. It has good faculty, good benefits, and a less stressful working environment.

Cons

It is not clear how to move up the management path. There is little inter-department interactions. Commute is long. Salary is less than the industry.

4.0
Feb 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Learning an abundance of information pertaining to tech, telecom, and media industries. Teamwork. Being amongst a large group of high-level scholars (pretty much everyone who interns there is from Harvard, Yale, Cornell, UChicago, NYU, etc.) Free trips and lectures. Just a good internship experience.

Cons

Low pay, if any. (interns do not get paid at all, completely voluntary). Sometimes you get really irritating work to do. Other than that, not many cons.

3.0
Feb 6, 2011
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Pros

Good facilities and good funding generally available. You are surrounded by top people in the field and you have lots of opportunities to learn.

Cons

Expected to work long hours, six days a week, with unclear expectations and little support for management. Have to be very self-motivated.

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