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Columbia University

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Good...until it's not - Anonymous employee Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
18 Mar 2016
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Pros

Mostly intelligent people, decent benefits (medical, etc), 20+ vacation days per year.

Cons

The handful of mediocre talent who stick around departments for decades, huge hierarchy problem, job stagnation, minimal advancement opportunities, no transparency.

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Pros

The labs and team were great

Cons

Occasionally hard to get support from admin

5.0
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Pros

If you a PhD student, you never have to worry about money or funding. Professors have a lot of funding for different research projects.

Cons

The EE department/professors are not very supportive of the PhD students. Most of them are not typically patient with students if they are taking their time with projects. They replace them with new students.

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