Does KIT pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KIT employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KIT. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KIT?

85% of KIT employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KIT 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KIT?

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (71) , PhD Student (51) , Research Assistant (42) , Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (40) , Postdoctoral Researcher (37) , Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Doktorand (37) , HiWI Job (32) , Studentische Hilfskraft (32) , Hiwi (30) , Research Scientist (25) , Postdoctoral Fellow (24) , Researcher (20) , Tutor (18) , Doktorand (15) , Postdoc-Wissenschaftler (14)

What are the pros of working at KIT according to real employee reviews?

"sehr flexible Arbeitszeiten" ((in 39 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 20 reviews)); "Nice atmosphere inside the group (initially), cool colleagues" ((in 15 reviews)); "good working environment and quite competitive" ((in 15 reviews)); "Flexible arbeitszeit und Home office" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KIT according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary is given to students" ((in 24 reviews)); "Pay is low at KIT, you can't negotiate pay, but as this was my first job getting money was just very validating." ((in 12 reviews)); "excessive bureaucracy and micro management" ((in 6 reviews)); "No bonuses not much space for career improvment" ((in 3 reviews))

KIT Reviews

4.1

85% would recommend to a friend

(394 total reviews)

Professor Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven

95% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

KIT has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 394 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KIT 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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394 reviews

3.0

29 Oct 2015

It was a great Company, now in decline

Nuclear researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

A lot of high tech laboratories, colleagues usually very committed, competent and nice

Cons

Practically impossible to get a permanent position, even after many years of high performance. Big difficulties to find another job after working there...

3.0

30 Oct 2014

Great but without long-term perspective

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good equipment and experienced coworkers in the part that is a national research lab. Sufficient resources for instruments. Nice labs.

Cons

Bureaucracy. After the merger of the university and the national research lab this is a needy, two-headed monster. Contracts mostly for one or two years.

3.0

25 May 2014

2 years postdoc

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Nice colleagues, good athmosphere, travel opportunities, top research

Cons

no career grow, low salary.

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