Ohio State University Employer Reviews

A typical day was me helping multiple people when they needed it for their class work mainly math. I learned how to better explain certain problems and how to help people figure out problems without giving them the answers. My bosses were really nice and helped all of us tutors if we needed it. The hardest parts of the job were when I could not figure – more... out how to answer particular problems and needed help from others. The most enjoyable part was when I faced a difficult problem and was able to help a person figure it out. – less

Working on a campus which I attend was very beneficial because I got to learn the business side of how the University works in three aspects - Food Services, Public Safety and the Admissions department. In addition, every department I worked at on campus my employees were very diverse so I felt like I was getting a "real workforce" experience because – more... the world is so diverse. – less

The job was easy and I was able to work on course work while working in the art gallery.

Observe and monitor children’s play activities
Instruct children in health and personal habits such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
Reading to children and teaching the simple painting, drawing, and songs.Organizing and participate in activities and games.
Assist in serving meals and refreshments.
Organizing and store toys and art material to – more... maintain order in activity areas
Performing housekeeping duties to provide a safe and healthy environment – less

12 hour work day

Healthy interactions with seniors, juniors and interns.
Multi disciplinary and collaborative research effort really enhances professional growth and intellect.

Intern for the year of 2012-2013, assisted with office projects and on site event help. It was a great learning environment, and a very beneficial addition to my work experience.

Located on the campus of The Ohio State University. The university's Dept of Public Safety, monitors the campus and facilities to ensure safety for students, staff and faculty.

Good work environment
Great co-workers
flexible with scheduling

My typical day at work would be to check mail, restock supplies, add new employees to list serves, email about announcements, create and finalize the Enterprise Application's organization chart, keep documents updated for current staff, and be available for all team members.

The management at OSU OCIO is supportive while challenging me to continue – more... to approve. I am expected to stay busy without little guidance and to keep my eyes open for changes or duties that need to be completed.

The hardest part of my job was in the beginning; communication. I had no choice but to get over my shyness and learn how to communicate effectively & efficiently to a wide variety of individuals.

The most enjoyable part of my job are the staff and how they continue to challenge me with new tasks, responsibilities, or ideas. I always enjoy helping out a coworker with a project and feeling a sense of personal accomplishment with the finished outcome. – less

I enjoyed taking care of the patients at this facility and interacting with the coworkers. As an employee there you tended to do most tasks independently, however if help was required for some tasks or if your team became very heavy, the other coworkers were more than happy to step up and help out.

I enjoyed my job because I was teaching what I love: music! A typical day at work consists in teaching and expanding my own compositional portfolio.

Develop a business plan and marketing strategy for a new MRI technology
Determine acceptable ROIs by utilizing various valuation methodologies

I learned a lot at OSU, its one of the best cancer centers in the country

Great professors, a variety of challenging research projects in a large number of groups within many departments.

The Ohio State University is poorly managed with most exploitative work culture with least benefits and salary. There are many faculties who specifically employ graduate students and postdocs from countries like China, India, Korea, east Europe etc, only to exploit them with minimum salary, least benefits, no paid holiday and inhuman work culture to – more... destroy family life. It seems that the university has a policy to offer "visiting research scientist" designation (than proper "postdoctoral researcher" or "postdoctoral fellow") to avoid paying some of the benefits (e.g. healthcare) and better visa (e.g. H1B) for foreign nationals. OSU does not follow the NIH guidelines for minimum salary, benefits and avoid providing career advancing counselling/avenues. There is not a single day paid leave allowed for its postdoctoral staff (all designations in that category included). All such leaves are arranged on the basis of mutual understanding between the supervisor and the staff. The university is very reluctant to cooperate to get H1B visa and later green card to enable foreign researchers to get a decent employment in US, manly in private sector.

The Ohio State University does not have transparent and ethical guidelines, as per NIH (which is followed by decent US universities) to address allegations against its faculties involving intellectual property and scientific misconduct, particularly if the faculty is well-connected. After working there for sometimes, now I doubt integrity of data in research publications coming out from some of the labs/faculties (even high profile ones). There is an office of research integrity and ethics, but that is nothing but a farce. If you trust it, you would land in worse trouble.

Quality of supervisors (as a scientist, teacher and as a person) are too poor. Many of them hardly have any desire and/or ability to mentor young students and researchers. Too busy to exploit these young, sometimes very talented students/postdocs for their own career, which is far too common in most of the American universities though. University authority actively support this exploitation. – less

the gym at OSU is big there was alot to clean and you had to do it all the while people messed up

This university hardly follows any decent, transparent guidelines (e.f NIH guidelines) for scientific misconduct, salary and benefit structures prescribed for non-tenure staff (e.g postdoctoral ones). Most postdocs, almost all except the ones employed by through NIH projects, are not allowed even a single day paid leave as per university rules. All – more... such leaves, annual vacation are mutually arranged between the staff and the supervisor. University administration has a very high tendency to ask new new postdocs to join as a "visiting scientists" to avoid paying so many benefits, mainly medical. – less

If you are a student employee you are expendable, most of the work gets lumped on you, and a reason is not required for your employer to fire you as I learned by email at 10PM the night before I actually found out. The work is unrewarding and repetitive. This was in the IT department. I cannot speak for other departments.

Once upon a time (a decade ago), OSU was a great place to work in almost every department, college, and unit.

When I first arrived from the corporate world, I thought a bit of business sense could help it operate more efficiently and effectively. However, I should have been careful what I hoped for.

The slash and burn, burn-'em-out and churn-'em-out – more... philosophy/strategy I saw used by so many businesses (to maximize profits on the back of 20somethings who'd work 100 hours per week for some piddly salary and then be tossed aside by the time they're 35 or 40) has been brought in as a "business as usual" strategy to use in some departments. The IT division is one where this has especially been true since a Wexner buddy from The Limited was brought in to run things there. You'll find very few people left with 15+ years experience there now (especially those 45+ in age).

The Work-Life Balance programs that have been created and touted in recruitment efforts are hollow promises in many cases. Ask for some flex time or flex place arrangement and you may find something as accommodating as the new CEO at Yahoo.com.

Benefits have quickly been eroded. Co-pays have increased quickly. In one year, the cost of brand name drugs jumped almost 400%.

Retirement benefits remain appealing. But the chances you'll last the 30 or more years needed within OPERS and/or STRS is doubtful as employees are now so "disposable" in many units.

Be careful to join a unit where academics are a main part of the mission ... avoid those where you're likely to be outsourced or sold off --- the way the bookstore and parking operation were. – less

Very disorgranized, and with limited advancement. Benefits are not that impressive.