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Postdocs are not regular employees. OPS category comes with no benefits. - Postdoctoral Research Associate Florida State University Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2015
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Pros

Decent weather compared to most states. Robust facilities like gym, tennis courts, swimming pool, running tracks, libraries etc. Office of Postdoc Affairs is a strong advocate of postdocs but has limited say.

Cons

The sad state and mismanagement of postdocs in the United States is well documented in many places. Please read about it carefully before committing to it. If you still feel this is the best way forward, then FSU is one of the better places to work. That said, there is no uniformity in the paychecks of postdoc - even within the same department. Faculty are strongly opposed to the idea of higher pay to postdocs due to their own issues with raising grant money. It was a monumental effort to get them to pay for postdoc insurance. Life for international postdocs is vastly more difficult since FSU will not offer support to file for residency. Given that only 10% of postdocs get faculty positions, the remaining 90% will need to search for positions elsewhere and that search becomes astronomically more difficult for international scholars.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, great worklife balance, amazing opportunities to grow in role and within the team.

Cons

The pay isn't so great for OPS positions, but as a first job, it has led to many great opportunities to earn six figure salaries later into my career.

1.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

I had a job and could read my books/draw during down time.

Cons

Horrible management. Incredibly aloof staff that does not take POC employees seriously. Also, multitude of microaggressions and straight up racism, Plain attempts of treating their staff without compassion and also putting their staff and students in harm's way during FSU's 2025 school shooting. Staff was told to keep working during an active shooting and even after people had been pronounced dead. This is not simply a testing center issue but a systematic concern of FSU's departments. Pay is also mediocre and only went up recently because of consistent complaints from the employees--not because they wanted to. Plenty of inappropriate behaviors were present while I was working there from upper management. Fawning, favoritism, power trips, blurring boundaries, etc. Parking is awful.

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