University of Houston
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University of Houston Employer Reviews

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Plenty of room for advancement
Groundskeeper (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Many benefits and trainings available. Not very conducive to family issues
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working in and challenging field with the task of learning new things.
Office Assistant (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
i am hard worker and have great skills and an outstanding personal skills. and i am willing to learn new skills and tasks set forth in front of me.
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productive workplace
Research Assistant (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
required 10h working per day
smart and friendly coworkers
have to be creative to solve challenging problems of the project
develop lab techniques
develop deep knowledge in organic and organometallic chemistry
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ROBOTICS RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Help visualize instrumentation and controls application in future jobs. Good for entry level candidates.
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productive and fun unless you dislike football
Intern-Assistant Coach (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: you get to learn from great coaches
Cons: during the season its a everyday job
Meet with the coaches to go over whats needed from me during practice , Receive schedule for practice and my assigned recording sheet. Go Through install of the new plays, Make the coaches have all there equioment set up and extra things they might need. Time each part of practice to keep coaches on time to move to the next station . Also record the – more...  QB's snap to catch time and throw to catch times over a hundred plays a day with a stop watch. Report to the coaches to Inform if there players are understand the coaching. Watch film of the practice and tell the players whats there number one reoccurring problem technique wise . – less
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Fun workplace and flexible timings
Instructional Assistant (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
Great place to work on-campus. Tuition waiver is a great benefit. You get CRLA certification for on job training as tutor
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Provide a lot of incentives for employees.
BUSINESS SERVICE SUPPORT II (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: lots of flexibility
Cons: end of year stresses
Provide a lot of incentives for employees. A typical work day at the University of Houston consist of being available to help when help crisis happened.
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Social Influences and Behavioral Health Laboratory
Research Assistant (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
The staff I worked with were excellent and my supervisors were prompt, understanding and very informative regarding the assignments of my tasks and feedback. It's been an absolute pleasure working here.
My typical day consisted of advertising for a study, recruiting participants, attending to coding assignments and many other tasks. I have learned a – more...  lot more about the process of research and assessments. It's a valuable experience. – less
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Very nice school
Graduate Research Assistant (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
The school was good. I loved my adviser and it was a fun 3-year.
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Postdoctoral fellow (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
I have been studying and working in UH for 7 years. This is like my home.
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Fun work environment
Research Assistant (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: free lunches during events
Cons: parking is pretty far from the office.
A very understanding boss makes work all the more easier. There are times where I had to stretch a bit but that is compensated when I had to take off early to meet my Professor or other personal issues. Overall, very understanding and an awesome work experience.
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Flexible environment
office assistant (Former Employee), houston, tx –
They were able to work around my class schedule. Pretty simple office tasks but very low pay.
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Good Place to work
Web Application Developer/ Web Developer (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
I work for ICAS, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science. It a good place to work and people will allow you time to work for.
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No micromanagement involved
Automation Tech (Current Employee), Houston, TX –
Reorganization has caused an uproar, and it's only a matter of time before managers will be held accountable.
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Working at UH
Professor (Current Employee), Houston –
It is very rewarding to work at the University of Houston as an adjunct professor although if you are only working part time as an adjunct, the pay is only supplemental and not sufficient unless you have a salary job also.
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Refreshing to work with cultural diversity that I have yet to find on another job site.
Athletics Facilities Custodial Crew Leader (Former Employee), Houston, Texas –
Pros: night shift, cooler temperatures in houston are a must
Cons: night shift crew turnover rate
Lots of room for personal growth and expansion within the university itself. That is the asset the job had going for it.
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I enjoyed my time there
office aid (Former Employee), Houston, Texas –
Pros: i had to work long hours on projects, i could have used help with but, it taught me that i can do hard tasks alone
I enjoyed working at the college of Pharmacy at the University of Houston it allowed me to see what goes on in an office setting and provide me whith the tools I will need for a career one day
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more so quality assurance
IT Specialist (Former Employee), University Information Technoogy –
Pros: great people, fun job, learnt a lot
Cons: conflicting with my school shadule sometime, lower rate
started early providing customer service, then testing and verifying changes to my,uh.edu and webCT web application. Learnt a lot about how reportings done, test plans and process of application customization for a client.
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Fun Environment with a wonderful Team
Web Developer at University of Houston (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: challenge of updating a new webpage
Cons: updating academic calendar database
I have had the pleasure of working for University of Houston with a rich experience of various cultural background difference and a dynamic team player along with technical background of updating the website in various ways
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Great place to work, but as a state agency, budgetary constraints are a problem.
Writer (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Pros: scholarship for employees, benefits, state holiday schedule, fantastic employee appreciation events
Cons: subject to the whims of state budgetary committees, parking is expensive, neighborhood is not exactly safe at night
I loved working for UH. My coworkers were fantastic and the atmosphere was incredibly productive. Plus, there's a lot to be said for knowing that your actions help students succeed.

That said, though, as a state school, whenever state budgets are cut, so are jobs.

If you like knowing that you're contributing to the greater good, if you like networking, – more...  if you like having the ability to really get in depth on subjects that matter, University of Houston is a great place to work. But do yourself a favor and save, too. – less
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About University of Houston

The University of Houston, Texas' premier metropolitan research and teaching institution, is home to more than 40 research centers – Read more