Stanford University reviews

Once hired, bad managers don't get fired. I've had two managers, one with real anger management issues and the other some employees believe has some form of Asperger's. HR is well aware of these problems via info from departing employees, but does nothing. It's not an uncommon problem at Stanford. If you have a good manager, Stanford is a great place to work. If you don't, you just need to leave because the situation won't change.

Competitive nature of the environment at Stanford promotes sociopathic, abusive, and exploitative behavior by some faculty. Definitely not every faculty is like this, only a select few. But I am unlucky enough to be with one of these abusive faculty members. While administration is sympathetic, there is very little real protection for abused postdocs, and very little to no consequences for abusive faculty, so the abusive behavior continues unchecked.