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      4.3

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (3,728 total reviews)

      Vincent Price

      86% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.0

      Culture and values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      Duke University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,728 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Duke University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      31 Jan 2018

      great place if you're faculty, not so much if you're staff

      Staff assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, flexibility depending on which department you work in, tuition benefits, job security, chances to transfer to other positions

      Cons

      employees are not paid what they are worth; combining too many jobs into one; staff know they are not valued and are viewed as easily replaceable and for cheaper; low morale; often have to leave your department to receive a promotion; because of the hierarchical management structure, those who can implement changes have no idea how bad it really is for staff because those that report to them are not reporting the truth; positions need to be reclassified because a lot of people are listed as staff assistants when they should at least be admin assistants

      1.0
      1 Sept 2017

      Senior leadership doesn't care about employees

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Lots of vacation and great benifits

      Cons

      Employees are disposable as toilet paper. No job security and many layoffs.

      4.0
      7 Mar 2022

      Just be an average employee

      Staff assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Health, dental, pension, 403(b), all the things. They give a small stipend for your child to go to any private college in the US.

      Cons

      If you are an excellent employee, you will be given the work of 2 people. It's called "getting Duked". If you're average to below average, you will be given a normal level of work. The raises are insulting considering how much money that place makes. A great employee makes 1% of a higher raise than an average employee. It's just not worth it. It's very hard/impossible to raise through the ranks unless your boss favors you and only you. You must apply for a new job within Duke. A lot of your work/life balance depends on your department and your manager(s). People have been fleeing recently for much higher paying jobs.

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