George Mason University Employer Reviews

GMU is a great place to get an education and a great place to work. It is a University to watch!

I was taking classes at the same time. My manager was very understanding and let me do my job whenever I had the time. Normally it was about 10 hours a week, 2 hours a day from M-F. Very friendly place to live.

George Mason University is a very nice place to work. I have worked in a supporting division and my supervisor was a very nice man.

High stress environment with research goals, deadlines, presentations, lectures and individual questions regarding each particular ongoing project. As a senior Research Specialist in Virology, constant communication with professors from within the University and others outside the University is a daily routine. The most enjoyable aspect is the feeling – more... of accomplishment. Time management is essential as is multi-tasking. – less

George Mason is a great school. It was a pleasure to be associated with it as an undergraduate, graduate, and as an adjunct.

I started working there before I attended George Mason. I was hired on the spot because of my experience in the Peace Corps. I did not have any experience in asp.net but my manager taught me. Within a month I was making and modifying the website. The most enjoyable part of my job was the sense of family I felt. I was constantly able to learn new things – more... left and right (Including sharepoint). Its a great place to work but I'd like to find something better, where I can learn even more. – less

I worked as a GRA while pursuing my PhD at the School of Public Policy, GMU and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Student developer.
Developed scripts in perl to analyze data obtained from salt marshes.

Great staff, great people, seems to want to improve the infrastructure on campus

Great School. Very Demanding but very rewarding. I have learned the many aspects of Systems Engineering Such as Life Cycle cost analysis and modeling, Simulation, Requirements Analysis, Project Management, and System Design.

I loved teaching here and also completely satisfied with my research under my professor

Working at the GMU AV office was great fun, with a positive work environment and very friendly managers.

Great program that helped me learn and develop the skills I needed to pursue a career in nursing.

Great post-doctoral experience, with the freedom to peruse intellectual persuits coupled with adequate mentoring.

Great experience. Allowed for open communication with various organizations in Liberia in an effort to understand and learn from their institutional successes and failures.

I was able to work with one of the most interesting professors and got to read and analyze some really brilliant students' work. They are all very professional and takes their work very seriously. The hardest part of the job was having to coordinate schedule with my full-time job and having to study at the same time, as well.

Depending on the office you are working in, George Mason can be a great place to start your career. For students, however, pay is minimal and advancement opportunities are few and far between.

helping with analysis for research data with faculty staff
helping with creating posters to present results of research data

George Mason as a whole is a very laid back place to work. The people are all nice people that work together to get a goal finished. The management is very good at what they do but stay out of your way if your doing what your suppose to do. Pay is bad and your chance for advancement is worse. They know these part time wage positions and even full time – more... positions are very sought after. Every student there wants to work were they go to school and some live. They don't have to pay you what you want. Also parking prices are outrageous, GMU police are ridiculous to but overall a good place to work if you just want a temporary job. – less

I have been employed as an adjunct professor in communication for decades at George Mason University my Alma Mata. I teach public speaking and interpersonal communication. A typical day include preparing students to give introductory speeches, informative speeches, technology speeches, persuasive speeches, oral interpretations, debating, impromptu speeches – more... and writing speech analysis. In interpersonal communication, students do movie reviews, problem solving discussions, team teaching via experiential learning and writing observation and skill development papers.

Management at George Mason University University is the State of Virginia. My co-workers are fellow adjuncts and full time faculty. As a former graduate of GMU and love for teaching and learning, I enjoy what I do with proven outcomes. – less