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McMaster University reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(1,888 total reviews)
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Patrick Deane

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62% positive business outlook

McMaster University has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,888 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The McMaster University 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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2.0
Apr 30, 2025
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Pros

Some good colleagues. Nice benefits. CUPE union will fight for you

Cons

Many professors are morons who think they are geniuses. Will pressure you to falsify research data to fit their far fetched hypothesis. Harassment and racism are commonplace and covered by the administration

4.0
Sep 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits. Beautiful campus.

Cons

Feel badly for the custodial staff who are underpaid and were treated poorly in the last negotiations. Hard to watch waste happening - various ways, i.e. new software system being implement and it's going very roughly

4.0
Jun 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- The university can boast about it Infrastructure and Resources for scientific research - It attracts one of the highest Funding for university research in Canada - Creation of various institutes provide diverse expertise - Positive work atmosphere - opportunity to meet talk and listen to eminent scientists

Cons

The only not so positive point can be peer pressure..... though this can be subjective and open to ones on interpretation. In my view, a great research environment at McMaster University while encourages one to perform high standard research, the situation also creates pressure for researchers to come out with big publications.

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