Impressive experience during the PhD program - Graduate Research Assistant Penn State Employee Review

5.0
Sep 17, 2014
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Pros

Very flexible working hours as long as you can finish the assignment or project on time. Numerous new stuffs can be learned, skills can be built up.

Cons

Right now it is very difficult for most of groups to get well funded. Research may not be able to focus on one direction. Lots of jobs need to be done to fight for the funding.

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5.0
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Pros

The PhD is paid and rewarding intellectually

Cons

The PhD is mentally strenuous

5.0
Jun 27, 2026
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Pros

They were very flexible with hours and it was a fun place to work. There was lots of downtime to do other things while on the clock, and an e-bike to get around campus quickly.

Cons

Toward the end they got pretty strict about keeping your computer on a certain tab to take online tickets, and you could get in trouble for not doing it. It’s tedious work overall.

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