Cornell University Reviews
Updated May 30, 2023
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- "The people are great; they are flexible and always there for you to ask questions of." (in 196 reviews)
- "Great benefits and room to grow within the college depending on your position within each college within the university" (in 182 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great place to be
May 30, 2023 - Graduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pay, vacation, and staff support
Cons
Hours are long, very mentally taxing
- Current Employee★★★★★
Great benefits but pay lags behind the times compared to equivalent roles in industry
May 5, 2023 - Laboratory ManagerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great health insurance and vacation/ leave time. Compared to the alternatives in the area, pay is ok. Boasts a robust internal network, with decent opportunity to move into alternative roles within the University.
Cons
No clear advancement "path" for individuals in Technical roles. Pay, flex-work, and expectations can be highly variable across managers in different offices, departments, and schools. The merit-based annual salary improvement plan doesn't guarantee any pay increase. Very difficult to pursue promotions, pay raises, job reclassifications resulting in mostly lateral- movement across departments once you have been in the University for a few years.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Gov Department Research Assistant Role: Decent
May 26, 2023 - Undergraduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pretty routine and simple to understand the role, flexible hours and commitment to projects, decent leadership, and education on what to do and how to do tasks
Cons
Mostly autonomous and hands-off during the actual work, hard to really gain an understanding of where this will all be leading me towards
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Cornell Team and Leadership Center
May 24, 2023 - Program Facilitator in Ithaca, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Highly flexible hours and workload. Sets out to be an opportunity for learning and growth.
Cons
If you don't like being outside or have a condition worsened by the outdoors, I suppose that is a con.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
There are a ton of very smart, very passionate people here. You'll make great connections with a lot of other people like this and they'll spur you to grow.
Cons
It's difficult, and people mostly care about work. So they work long hours and it's not always the most social place.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Cornell University routinely checks in on the pulse of its staff. It realizes and offers flexible work arrangements post-pandemic.
Cons
Ithaca is a beautiful city in the Finger Lakes. Some think it's a bit rural.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
A rewarding opportunity for students interested in festival planning
Cons
The student body is ungrateful and hateful until the day of show
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Flexible Hours for busy students
Cons
Sometimes difficult to pick up extra shifts
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Decent Place
Apr 19, 2023 - Postdoctoral Associate in Ithaca, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- I feel like I contribute to interesting and societally relevant research - Cornell has a good environment - Benefits (health insurance, retirement) are good as well
Cons
- Cornell, or more broadly, Ithaca NY, are what you make of them - There can be things to do but this isn't an urban area - Can feel remote and isolated in the area even though major metro hubs are only 1-4 hours away
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Expectations exceeded
Apr 15, 2023 - Informatics Data Analyst in Ithaca, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Open-minded, collaborative environment, fantastic benefits, and growth opportunities
Cons
Take-homey pay is on the low end but the benefits make it competitive
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Cornell University Reviews FAQs
Cornell University has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 3,018 reviews left anonymously by employees. 87% of employees would recommend working at Cornell University to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
87% of Cornell University employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Cornell University 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Cornell University to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be culture, management, compensation.
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