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      4.3

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (31 total reviews)
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      Martin Stratmann

      44% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.4

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.2

      Culture and values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      4.0

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      Max Planck Institute for Computer Science has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Max Planck Institute for Computer Science employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      31 reviews
      5.0
      Feb 25, 2022

      Awesome Work Environment

      Phd researcher
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Virtually unlimited resources, e.g., equipment and funding for research Very competent and friendly support staff (HR, IT Service, Procurement ...) A lot of opportunities to meet top tier researchers from your field and other fields

      Cons

      Salary is 25 to 30% percent less than Ph.D. researchers in other German universities. Located in a small city with not very good connections to airports

      2.0
      Apr 2, 2016

      PhD Student

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - free laptop (macbook air or similar price range) - travel budget allows to travel to any conference with an accepted paper + 1 free travel w/o a paper

      Cons

      - the whole contracts / stipends (scholarships) / salary business is extremely shady and absolutely not transparent to students (luckily, there are no more scholarships - only dubious contracts) - most students work 40h+ a week, but have only part-time contracts for no good reason - you get only 20 vacation days on the part time contract instead of 30, which is Germany-wide standard - due to the above, some departments allow shady schemes with the "unofficial" 10 days of leave, but others do not - the graduation requirements are often not clear, and the grade even more so

      4.0
      Jan 29, 2025

      Good place for research

      Phd student
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      + Salary is good in comparison to the living costs + You are not obligated to take courses

      Cons

      - Salary is less than some other research institutes - Some of the leaders are a bit close minded - The pace of research is slower than in U.S.

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