University of Amsterdam Employee Reviews about "work life balance"
Updated 7 Dec 2020
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Louise Gunning
28 Ratings
Pros
"Collegues, salary, location, work-life balance" (in 7 reviews)
"friendly people, nice city, good working environment and administration help" (in 6 reviews)
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"The rental cost is higher than other cities in the Netherlands" (in 3 reviews)
"Having full time dutch contract is the best" (in 3 reviews)
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Pros
nice colleagues, agreeable location, work-life balance very good
Cons
promotion difficult; unequal workload for staff
"Project coordinator"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at University of Amsterdam full-time for more than a year
Pros
work-life balance, a big focus on no burn-out and mental health
Cons
very bureaucratic, no growth opportunities, salaries are not based on performance
"great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at University of Amsterdam full-time for less than a year
Pros
Good environment Great Atmosphere Work-Life balance
Cons
Nothing I could think of
Continue reading"Great dynamic place"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI worked at University of Amsterdam for more than a year
Pros
Good research culture, good support offered for career guidance, supportive staff, perfect work life balance, access to gym, and student housing. Science park is not too far from the city.
Cons
Cafeteria sucks, no swimming pool in the gym.
"Great place to work, sometimes a little messy"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
I worked at University of Amsterdam part-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Collegues, salary, location, work-life balance
Cons
UvA is a bit chaotic. Need to improvise a lot.
"Nice place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at University of Amsterdam
Pros
Personal skills and constant growth of the employee is carter for
Cons
Best work life balance especially for female employees
"Open, non-hierarchical & good work-life balance versus bureaucratic"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at University of Amsterdam part-time for more than a year
Pros
Open, smart people. Good work-life balance (after 5 o' clock most departments are empty) and organisation is non-hierarchical. Good possibilities to grow inside organisation or across departments
Cons
Quite bureaucratic and inefficient. Departments and people are not valued well on their real contribution as in commercial organisations, and thus people are not encouraged to work harder and be innovative.
Continue reading"A very good place to do your PhD"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at University of Amsterdam full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
good supervision of PhD candidates interdisciplinary collaborations the location
Cons
sometimes the work/life balance is hard to maintain for PhD candidates. But, I guess, this is similar to everywhere.
"nice place to start your career"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI have been working at University of Amsterdam
Pros
work-life balance easy-going atmosphere easy to take time off freedom in choosing what you would like to do support staff can be very helpful
Cons
very slow ICT can be extremely incompetent can be very political: management decisions not very transparent
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