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Great place to advance your career and work with some thoughtful people. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Columbia University Employee Review

4.0
23 Nov 2008
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Pros

Connections to people to help advance your career. You have the opportunity to work with people who are thoughtful about their topics of interest. Some ideologues, but overall the people seem open minded. For better or worse, being involved with a big name school helps you since people view it as a big deal. Living in New York can be fun and is at the very least a unique experience.

Cons

Living in NY is expensive. This is only a downside if you are not a "go-getter" but, you have to seek out your own opportunities to do interesting or meaningful work as no one is necessarily going to hand you things...Just like any place else really.

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5.0
21 May 2026
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Pros

The labs and team were great

Cons

Occasionally hard to get support from admin

1.0
12 June 2026
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Pros

The people in the trenches The students The passionate faculty

Cons

Leadership, their inefficiencies and poor decisions Very dysfunctional environment HR does whatever leadership tells them to do, including covering issues by "friends of the boss", This favoritism approach also includes approvals for who gets to work from out of state even when the position can be easily filled by local workers and the creation of new jobs for those that are chosen. Very poor financial decisions. Big big pay on top, Low pay on bottom. Very little room for growth unless someone likes you and you are the right color.

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