Duke University

"I didn't have any specific problems related to my being a woman while working in the facilities at Duke Recreation. You may meet a co-worker or a patron who has old-fashioned or even misogynistic attitudes, but I would not say from my experience that that was any more common than just general chance doing so going through life as a woman."

"Good benefits are available after one year. Health insurance is decent "

"Depends on where you work within Duke's system, but overall their benefits are great."

"Lots of empowering women in leadership positions in engineering and math! "

"Negotiate aggressively on salary on your first job offer. Once you're in the Duke system, the most you can hope for is a 5% pay raise if you get a promotion. Duke's HR system is set up to actively encourage good employees to leave Duke if they want to make meaningful advancements in their careers. Also be careful of the many misogynistic and/or inept managers that have made their careers at Duke. I was at Duke for a decade and both saw and experienced wide-ranging incidents of sexism, racism, and bullying from Duke managers during my time there. Every time a formal complaint was made to HR about the behavior, HR brushed it aside unless the employee hired a lawyer. I was flat out told by HR when I quit for a position at another company that there was no point in me having an exit interview about my experience because the Dean of the school didn't care what subordinates thought of their managers or if a department was hemorrhaging money from the school. My last manager at Duke was engaged in illegal and ethically questionable tactics and still nobody at the university seemed to care. "