4.0
29 Jan 2015
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Florence
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The setting is beautiful, good quality of life, good work/life balance. There is cultural and linguistic diversity from across Europe (but not ethnic or racial diversity). For those with small children, there is a subsidised nursery. The salary is good, especially for Italy.
Cons
No career progression possible for early career academics. You can only be a postdoc or a senior professor here- there is nothing in-between. Except for some categories of postdocs, there is no investment in your training or in your career advancement (no travel funds for conferences for example). There is no retirement plan for postdocs.