University of Calcutta Reviews by 30+ Employees | Rated 4.1/5

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70% employees reported

Flexible timing

71% employees reported

No travel

45% employees reported

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4.1

Rated by Women

13 reviews

3.9

Rated by Men

19 reviews

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34 reviews found

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Engineering Student in Kolkata (working remotely)

Full Time

Operations, Maintenance & Support Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Oct 2024

Likes

Technical work in the calcutta university.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Teaching work in the calcutta university.

Senior Research Fellow in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Network Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 17 Nov 2023

Likes

Some teachers are knowledgeable.

Dislikes

Most of the faculty members are not knowledgeable, performs outdated research, Incapable to publish research works in top tire journal and conferences. Still following British era clerical culture. Takes at least one year to get your PhD degree from submission of thesis.

Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Research Dietitian in Kolkata

Full Time

Research & Development - Other Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Oct 2024

Likes

It fills like the second home.

Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

They absorb their scholars.

Salary - Poor
Job security - Bad

University Professor in Kolkata

Full Time

Engineering Faculty ..jute and fibre Technology Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Apr 2024

Likes

freedom of work and support from sll angle

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

only regular feedback regarding updating of knowledege on orientation training of teachers are not very strictly followed .

Associate Professional in Kolkata

Full Time

Accounting & Taxation Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 21 Aug 2023

Likes

Best university

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Long hrs sometime

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Junior Research Fellow in Kolkata

Full Time

Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 31 May 2024

Likes

Homely environment

Skill development - Excellent

Dislikes

Too reluctant for research, no proper enthusiam

Salary - Poor
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Research Associate in Kolkata

Full Time

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 10 Feb 2025

Dislikes

Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor

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Research Fellow in Kolkata (working remotely)

Full Time

Preschool & Primary Education Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 19 Apr 2024

Likes

It is the most unprofessional University and I do not like anything about the university

Dislikes

I do not like anything about the university

Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Post Doctoral Fellow in Kolkata

Full Time

Biotechnology Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 Nov 2020

Likes

Good support from the faculties

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Work culture of administration, clerk and undue harrasment for documents handling. Truely unprofessional

Work Details

Satisfactory

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Professor in Kolkata

Full Time

University Level Educator Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 16 May 2019

Likes

It's name and heritage

Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

too much of politicisation. All administrative position starting from Dean, Secretary are under political control. Academic excellence does not matter,what matters is political alignment.

Work Details

I am internally acclaimed scholar without proper recognition .

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

Post Doctoral Fellow in Kolkata

Full Time

Quality Assurance and Testing Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Nov 2024

Likes

Availability of resources like equipments etc

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Nothing as such

Project Fellow in Kolkata

Full Time

Other Hospital Staff Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Jun 2022

Likes

Good place for learning.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Not so

Work Details

Good

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Office Boy in 91, Acharya Prafulla Chandra RD,Kalkata-9

Full Time

Department of Chemistry Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 Jul 2023

Likes

I learned a lot after getting the job The environment is very good. Departmental work I do receiving and dispatching letters. I do various departmental work.

Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

The problem is that salary is too small. Salary dose not increase. If you work, you have money, if you don't, you have no money. No work no pay.

Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country, International Travel.

Professor and former Dean of Arts in Alipur and college street

Full Time

Business Intelligence & Analytics Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Feb 2023

Likes

Bosses are good and extends hand of cooperation

Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Bad colleagues in Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

PHD Research Scholar (working remotely)

Full Time

Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Mar 2023

Likes

Friendly

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Take lot of time to process

Professor and Dean of Arts in Kolkata

Full Time

University Level Educator Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 27 May 2022

Likes

Vice Chancellor and other senior officials are very cooperative and values dynamism. Being govt job, it has all sorts of security.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Many staff works very slow and still there is lack of proper work culture

Work Details

Excellent

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

Baganan College in Bagnan

Back Office Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 13 Jul 2021

Likes

Yes

Dislikes

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Research Scholar in Ballygunge

Subject / Specialization Teacher Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 29 Jun 2022

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Academic Culture

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Poor

College Student in Kolkata

Biochemistry Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 Nov 2020

Likes

I would suggest others to admit in my university and experience lot of things

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

They did not get any placement

Job security - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Research Fellow in Kolkata

Zoology Department Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 24 Aug 2021

Likes

it's like a family

Job security - Good

Dislikes

non professional

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Bad

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