Northeastern University Employer Reviews

As a university in Boston, Northeastern University is not the best, but is still optional one. Which can provide Co-OP and OPT opportunity to its students to enhance their skills.
Also, the course provided by this university are not bad.

The culture of distrust, coercion, and management by bullying is dysfunctional, demotivating, and demoralizing. They areis focused on the bottom line, not on educating students. When you’re working there, it’s all about figuring out how to “develop) read: make up” “graduate” classes to drive revenue.
The current president is focused on making NEU one – more... of the “top 50” universities. To do this, there is a maniacal focus on test scores (e.g., SATs, SATs); there is internal competition amongst the different colleges to get the most students (the city sets a cap on the number of undergrads).
If someone doesn’t like you, you’ll be forced out (even if others love you); don’t cross the wrong person. Management lies and bullies people to leave – or fires them under bogus claims. The environment is coercive and manipulative to staff and professors; management flat out lies. And as one person said before – they watch your comings and goings, not just in advancement, but throughout.
While it’s nice to have free classes, I’ve been told that that benefit is going away. Salaries assume that you’ll (have the time to) take advantage of that “benefit.” Insurance benefits are decent, but the retirement matching program is horrible; you are nickel and dimed for everything – for example, parking is $1100 per year – and if you leave or no longer need it, you’re paying anyway.
I did like working with the work/study undergrads. Also, our office was very strict about working at least 8-5, and someone was watching when you came and went (it was OK to work until 7pm, but you don't leave at 4pm!) – less

I enjoyed study and do research at Northeastern University.

I enjoy grading math quizzes and exams for two professors. It keeps me on my toes and helps me refresh material that I may have forgotten.

The best place to work !!
Energy filled environment.
Good people around.
Good places to eat around.

Great to be assisting new comers to the Northeastern University. Love to help them and get them settled.

I like talking to people and help them in best possible way I can and this job allows me to do that. Moreover, it always keeps me on my toes as I have to balance my studies with my work.

Having 20 or so years of development experience under my belt, I can honestly say that this is the most dysfunctional office I have ever been in. There is a culture of distrust, bullying, and pushing people out of jobs. I would agree with the other reviewer who said that people in leadership posts hire their friends. There's a huge fundraising push – more... to raise enough funds to raise $1B, in part to start a medical program at NU, but the leadership motivates using threats and fear tactics. It seems that the people in charge no nothing of performance management. At one point, the Director of Operations had the temp secretary (sitting at the front desk) tracking staff members' comings and goings on a spreadsheet. This was done with the knowledge and consent of the VP of Advancement. People who work in Advancement are generally unhappy. – less

I was coerced to abruptly leave the university due to a pervasive hostile work environment, retaliation that resulted in health challenges and my family struggling to survive in general and to pay tuition for two of my dependent students.

Authority figures retaliated after I was forced to file grievances, complaints and police reports.

Northeastern University is a hub for Engineering and Pharmaceutic Studies with amazing culture and student life. Northeastern has great quality professors.

I currently work as Proctor at the Residential Safety Office of Northeastern University.
Its a fun job a student can have as it has flexible hours.

I have performed research over the past 4 years two distinctly different aspects of research: Integration of Engineering-Based Learning in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) K-12 courses. And the development of a predictive wound modeling system that approximates the amount of time left to heal.

The culture of the administration, especially in the Advancement Department, is rather dysfunctional. The bullying starts at the top with the highest ranking staff members (President of the University, VP of Advancement, etc.) and continues down the line. It's very common for higher level staff members to hire their friends for positions, particularly – more... in Advancement, so it's no wonder that the dynamic is dysfunctional. There have been questions about the ethics of some gifts that have come in. Beware of the positive reviews; I suspect it's someone from NU's PR department. They have a very talented marketing and PR department. – less

I taught animal and plant biology lab to students at the University while I went to graduate school. It paid my tuition and a small stipend that I was actually able to live on. I loved it.

You can not get too much money but the work is very flexible. Also, in the summer session, you get almost nothing to do.

I enjoyed the professional and experienced colleagues and supervisors as well as the motivated students.

Supported office apps and other school apps and network and printing issue.
Learned differnt type of school apps and met new faculties and made some new friends.
I enjoyed it very much.

The leadership has no idea on what is going on and they seem like they will be their for a short time and then leave. There is lots of turnover of people because of this.

Urban environment, fun to explore

Student driven customer service based

Busy

Management is great

this seminar was very inspiring and loved the facilitates.