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    Cornell University Reviews

    Updated March 22, 2019
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    • "Also, graduate life can be brutally taxing on work/life balance" (in 22 reviews)

    • "Small city in the middle of nowhere" (in 16 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Awesome place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Cornell University part-time

      Pros

      Encouraging environment full of diverse people

      Cons

      Honestly I have nothing to say

    2. "Amazing"

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      Current Employee - Project Assistant
      Current Employee - Project Assistant

      I have been working at Cornell University part-time

      Pros

      Faculty are very helpful and collaborative

      Cons

      Pay is average and indoor work can get tiring.

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    3. "Good but monotonous"

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      Former Employee - Research Assistant
      Former Employee - Research Assistant

      I worked at Cornell University part-time

      Pros

      The pay is decent and the research is cutting edge

      Cons

      The research can be monotonous depending on the lab.

    4. "Great place to pursue PhD degree"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NY
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NY
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      I have been working at Cornell University full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      People are really smart, nice and supportive!

      Cons

      Location. Harder to build a career network

    5. "This position depends largely on the academic department"

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      Former Employee - Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Former Employee - Graduate Teaching Assistant

      I worked at Cornell University full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      There is considerable flexibility and autonomy, but depends largely on the specific professor you work for.

      Cons

      The pay is relatively low compared to industry.

    6. "amazing academic environment"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NY
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant in Ithaca, NY
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      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cornell University full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great scientists to collaborate and get feedback from. Lots of resources from teaching workshops, BEST program, writing and communication workshops for career development and a lot of the world's best scientists come to give talks, which is great!

      Cons

      slightly isolating environment at the same time.. it is hard to engage socially, i think because Ithaca is a quiet community. Also isolated from the big cities, so it is hard to network and eventually find jobs for graduate students interested in industry jobs.

      Advice to Management

      we need more career fairs catering to PhDs in life-sciences! We also need better ways to find and network with our alums

    7. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Administrative Assistant in Ithaca, NY
      Current Employee - Administrative Assistant in Ithaca, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Cornell University part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people and management, little work to do

      Cons

      Low pay, minimum wage offered

    8. "It was a decent job"

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      Former Employee - Server
      Former Employee - Server

      I worked at Cornell University part-time

      Pros

      The people were very njce

      Cons

      The pay was not good

    9. "Good time!"

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      Former Employee - Research Assistant
      Former Employee - Research Assistant
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Cornell University full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great community, plenty of resources

      Cons

      In the middle of literally nowhere

    10. "Well-supported grad student"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Fellow in Ithaca, NY
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Fellow in Ithaca, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Cornell University full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Generous stipend, great health insurance

      Cons

      Lack of support from the grad school for issues that might arise with advisors