Georgia Tech reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(4,267 total reviews)
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Ángel Cabrera

92% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Georgia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,267 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Georgia Tech 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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1.0
May 26, 2015

Zero Career Growth

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Pros

This review is for a STAFF position in one of the many administrative offices on campus. Yes, there are more than just students and faculty on campus; a university is a business and it takes people to run a business. -Wonderful colleagues to work with! -Beautiful college campus -No overtime hours required (depending on the department and any ongoing projects) -Excellent benefits and vacation time, especially once you reach past 5 years

Cons

-No room for career growth -You're basically stuck in your job until you find a job in another campus department or off-campus -Not easy to get a job transfer to another campus department -Poor communication across campus departments - I worked here more than 5 years and my job title, job description, and pay never changed; the person who replaced me is entry-level and right out of college. Jobs tend to stay that way at GT which is why you have to leave GT if you're ever going to grow or move up in your career, or own a home of your own. -Pay is LOUSY. If you work in corporate doing the same job, you'll make double what GT pays (web development, communications, marketing, analytics, event planning, etc.). -If you have a trust fund, a wealthy spouse, or are close to retirement, or are a top level director in a campus unit, then GT is the place for you. Everyone else, look elsewhere!

1.0
Jun 4, 2014

If the job is with Georgia Tech Professional Education....RUN!

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Pros

On the whole, Georgia Tech is a good organization to work for. GT offers relatively good benefits, professional development opportunities, and a well-respected brand within the community. Life can be very difference from department to department, however.

Cons

The Georgia Tech Professional Education department was easily the most dysfunctional organizations I have ever been a part of. Whether it was the Dean that was never around and just assumed all was well, the Executive Leadership Team that couldn't get along and outwardly bickered and showed disdain for each other, the directors within the organization that constantly were waging turf battles, power struggles, and openly slandering their colleagues, the belittling of long-time employees that contributed a great deal, or an overall culture of misery, negativity, distrust, cliques, and lack of team effort, every step of the way proved to be a bad experience with GTPE.

2.0
May 29, 2014

Some good and some bad...depends on where you land

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Pros

As an employee GA Tech's academic side is great to work for. There is a lot of excitement, talent, and funds to keep life exciting. The campus is beautiful and generally the other staff are enjoyable to work with.

Cons

The business side of Tech is a bit different. The various business units operate as individual entities, and the bottom line is everything. Devisions such as OIT continually get stuck in red tape and politics, consistantly getting mired down and not accomplishing goals. Unfortunately there are also many employees...legacy employees...that will not grow into the present, relying heavily on the 'old way' of doing things. If you get stuck in one such department you will spend much of your time trying to determine why things have to be so complicated. Also as a state institue the budgets are directly effected by Georgia's state budgets. For the last three years I was there employees did not receive annual merit raises, yet tuition continued to increase annually. Regardless of status (hourly and salaried) Tech is very stingy with vacation/paid time off and sick leave as if it were a personal affront.

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