University of Waterloo Reviews

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

Pros – Excellent networking opportunities, excellent work environment

Cons – maybe off-campus jobs may cultivate more diverse skills

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great pension and health coverage
Ability to take free university course per semester
Many career training opportunities
35 hour work week

Cons – Lower salary than public sector
Depending on department, 35 hours may not be a regular work week

Advice to Senior Management – There are quite a few people in centralized services (IST, computing support for example) who should by no means be in their roles. There is a lot of ability for people to 'coast' through their career which should not be encouraged at all. Manage the central service groups better.

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

Pros – Excellent co-op program
Good academic atmosphere

Cons – Management and scheduling could be improved

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – Good work environment, reasonable salary, excellent work/life balance, opportunities to get involved in different projects

Cons – slow development pace, not many challenges, repetitive activities, limited to internal projects

Advice to Senior Management – Guide the new employees in the organization to merge with the culture.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – Great learning environment
Exceptional research in all fields of sciences
Best co-op program in North America
Very friendly environment overall

Cons – Small city.
Collaboration opportunities are limited.

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – i live on campus. i like being a student because i can have summers off and im not in co-op so i don't have to work all the time.

Cons – it is stressful, i sometimes don't have enough time to go groccery shopping because of this and i have to buy unhealthy cafeteria food.

Advice to Senior Management – you could try caring more about individual students and realizing that instead of bell curving a midterm or exam, you could actually fix your course.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – Relaxing, innovative minds, good reputation for scholarship appication, nice people, good professors who really care about the students, nice working environment

Cons – limited resources for VLSI design, long cycle time for VLSI tape-outs, limited funding, not well-known in the world, small town, low-pay for research assistants

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – you have your own office; work with students, professors, and other researchers; living cost in Waterloo is low; close to banks, doctor's office, dentist, restaurants.

Cons – quite difficult to get a permanent position as an external applicant; the hiring policies are not very clear.

Advice to Senior Management – hopefully when some questions related to hiring are asked in Human Resource department, someone in HR could be able to answer them instead of asking us to go back and ask our faculty stuff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – The people here are all very nice and understanding. The facility and community is also excellent.

The hours are very flexible

Cons – Pay is not very good...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University of Waterloo

Pros – Great benefits, world class programs

Cons – Not as progressive and cutting edge as in the past. Getting big and bureaucratic.

Advice to Senior Management – Accept more. Input at lower levels