Does Virginia Tech pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Virginia Tech employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Virginia Tech. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Virginia Tech?

88% of Virginia Tech employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Virginia Tech 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Virginia Tech?

Graduate Research Assistant (381) , Research Assistant (165) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (131) , Graduate Assistant (50) , Graduate Student (50) , Undergraduate Research Assistant (43) , Dining Services (42) , Teaching Assistant (33) , Postdoctoral Research Associate (31) , Postdoctoral Associate (29) , Research Associate (28) , Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (28) , Student Worker (26) , Research Scientist (25) , GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant (22)

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

"Potential to work and learn with great people on exciting projects." ((in 196 reviews)); "If your professor is good it's generally easy to have flexible hours provided you get your work done." ((in 107 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and clean" ((in 85 reviews)); "Staff is great and flexible with work schedules" ((in 49 reviews)); "Coworkers are great." ((in 44 reviews))

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

"Pay is low for some of the more difficult work but can be a lot of downtime" ((in 149 reviews)); "Poor management and high employee turnover." ((in 44 reviews)); "Bad communication and from higher" ((in 17 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 12 reviews)); "Upper management and central management seems to have a lot of turnover, which creates a lot of change and unbalance sometimes." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Virginia Tech redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Virginia Tech redundancy and their outlook for job security at Virginia Tech in 2026.

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4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(2,882 total reviews)

Timothy D. Sands

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture and values

4.2

Diversity and inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Virginia Tech has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,882 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Virginia Tech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

4 Nov 2019

Postdoctoral

Postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good environment good pay good research infrastructure

Cons

You need to be willing to live in a small city

4.0

16 Jan 2016

Nice place

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Friendly people, low cost of living

Cons

Not much to do in the area...

2.0

11 Oct 2023

Geriatric Mean Girls

Administrative assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Beautiful Campus, Difficult to get fired, Training Opportunities

Cons

Employee culture, Salary, Benefits, Uncaring Management, Lack of Diversity, Ageism and sexism rampant, Gossip and rumor are the lifeblood of campus. I had a colleague who was a 40+yr staff member of VT remark that "girls in leggings deserve to be r*ped" in front of Senior HR personnel with NO reprisal at all.

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