University of Waterloo Reviews

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo part-time for less than a year

Pros – could learn a lot of stuff as a TA

Cons – spend a lot of time

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo full-time for less than a year

Pros – Highly motivated environment - Smart People and it would be a great experience to work at UW - Industrial oriented university

Cons – Small and quiet city, university oriented city not too much place to visit during the weekends. - low salary

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University of Waterloo part-time for less than a year

Pros – The first main benefit is while attending school full-time you can work around your schedule. Everyone around is very friendly and polite so it's a safe and clean environment.

Cons – Depending on the day your workload is very small.

Advice to Senior Management – Nothing I can think of at the moment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – active research environment, developing leading edge technology

Cons – Low Income for research assistant

Advice to Senior Management – The salary for research assistant must be updated with other job positions

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – very good reputation, strong background in Computer science, maths and engineering. Small city, but harmonious and comfortable circumstance. diversity cultural background.

Cons – not very good benefits, low payment compared with other universities in Ontario. Less TA opportunities and payment as well. not very well organized. Not as good as the university itself claims.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Waterloo full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I completed my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. I earned a NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (35,000) for 3 years. The University topped this up 10,000. CS also has an internal scholarship (Cheriton) which is another 10,000. Generally, if you can get NSERC (very competitive), you should be able to get a Cheriton (competitive) as well. Finally, the school allows you 3 TAs/year on top of this (or your advisor can buy you out): ~7000. The 55K is tax free and the 7K is taxed (but under the basic exemption amount), so it is equivalent to a mid-70K taxed job.

Cons – A lot has been written about the drawbacks of doing a PhD. I am not addressing these. If you have already chosen to do one, then consider Waterloo.

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo full-time for less than a year

Pros – The resources and facilities are adequate.

Cons – The support for postdoctoral fellows is limited.

Advice to Senior Management – Can be more active in helping the postdoctoral fellows to get more comfortable.

Former Employee – worked at University of Waterloo as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I like the University of Waterloo because of the environment and the people. It's a really good place to do an internship as a student. I feel I am valued as a team member in my department. My supervisors are very nice to me and are always available to help when needed.

Cons – I didn't notice any downside while working there. As long as you are comfortable living a smaller city and academic environment, it should be fine.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University of Waterloo as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great Boss, excellent project and fair benefit. Well work and life balance.

Cons – Nothing to share with cons

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo full-time for more than a year

Pros – good work atmosphere, good supervisors, the university has good reputation, the university is in a good and quite location, respect for all cultures

Cons – the weather in Waterloo is bad specially during the winter, the salaries for postdocs are not that good

Advice to Senior Management – Increase the salaries for postdocs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend