Yale University Reviews in Connecticut

Current Employee – been working at Yale University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great academic environment, smart coworkers

Cons – Sabotage and back-stabbing has been known to happen more than once

Advice to Senior Management – Foster a little more kindness

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Yale University part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Supervisors great, offers amazing learning experiences, and the pay is great, especially for students on financial aid.

Cons – Some students have difficulties finding positions within their preferred work environment. Antiquated paper time sheets make it difficult to keep pay current.

Advice to Senior Management – None.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Yale University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Smart people, pretty city, decent work life balance, good benefits especially if you have kids in college

Cons – Some people have been there for years and are out of fresh ideas, it takes a long to get things done

Advice to Senior Management – Work to get plans moving more quickly

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Yale University full-time for more than a year

Pros – Yale has excellent environment for research. Research teams are very good. International standard of work and it is widely collaborated with other universities and institues around the world!

Cons – New Haven is not a big city and the security condition needs to improve. The transportation is not convenient as the metropolitans. Especially when you travel for meeting and conference to some states or countries, which are far away.

Advice to Senior Management – general great

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Yale University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Awesome benefits- great place to start a career. Great people, happy employees.

Cons – Not easy to grow in a department- hard to be "promoted," but departments are so "set in ways" it is hard to for new positions to be created.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Yale University full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great benefits and reasonable work hours can make Yale a good place for employees with children.

Cons – Yale is a difficult place for younger employees to excel and advance, since pay and promotions are tied more strongly to years of service than to performance. Pay overall lags behind private-sector jobs, and the university often takes a very long time to implement strategy changes.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Yale University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lots of interesting work opportunities. Opportunities for attending interesting talks. Nice people in my experience. Good benefits package once you get hired and competitive wages. A great place to start a career or gain experience.

Cons – It might take some time to get hired. You might find after a while in the same job that you have to get more education or training or go elsewhere if you want to advance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Yale University as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Interesting research.
Easy access.
Great people, coworkers.

Cons – None that I can see

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more researchers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Yale University full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great educational opportunities, great co-workers, great benefits package.

Cons – No room for growth or upward mobility, nepotism or favoritism, expected to work 10-20 hours past the 40 hours per week salaried, immense pressure if you do not work up to this standard. Constant reorganization of job duties to ensure productivity with added duties each time an update is made. One person does the job of 2-3 people. Those who do not contribute to the work environment are not held accountable if they have personal preference with the administration. Scapegoating and bullying if you do not agree with these practices.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire supportive management who have managerial skills (i.e. managers who can provide concrete advice for improvement rather than "you're not working up to par". Don't under-staff programs, overwork employees and expect to retain dedicated and skilled workers. Allow feedback to managerial staff by their employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Yale University full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Prestigious Ivy League University with cutting edge research facilities, a beautiful campus and a wide variety of social activities available.

Cons – Opportunities for advancement are often influenced by cronyism and preferential treatment, as opposed to a more objective evaluation of an individual's ability to perform effectively in a role. There is very ineffective management and leadership within many of the departments throughout the University, as people are hired into these roles or promoted without having the requisite managerial skills needed in order to be successful.

Advice to Senior Management – Train, train, train your management and hold them accountable for failures in leadership. Tap into the employees at the non-management level to obtain feedback on operational issues and opportunities for improvement before making decisions that ultimately do not resolve the core issues.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend