Stanford University reviews

Narcissism runs rampant, especially across leadership teams. I see undiagnosed personality disorders. There is no strategy and it’s a wonder the organization even functions. HR? Stay away. You are better off. Be smart and vigilant.

The red tape and bureaucracy is overwhelming and often a constant source of stress and frustration. For instance, the benefits are very good, but good luck filling out all the paperwork to get them. And instead of simply paying employees a livable wage, they offer scholarships and assistance grants, all of which have their own applications, verification paperwork and arbitrary deadlines. The result is your average employee simply doesn't access most of the offered benefits available to them, because a reasonable person just doesn't have time. The effect is the atmosphere of a meat grinder, where people simply last as long as they can. Which is to say nothing of the cut-throat politics of the research labs here (although that particular problem is endemic to most Universities at this level).