Cornell University reviews

4.3

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,705 total reviews)

Martha E. Pollack

71% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Cornell University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,705 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cornell University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Dec 23, 2010
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Pros

There are many resources available to you and Professors genuinely love their work. The students are bright, and for the most part very hard working. It is rewarding and you can see the result of your work in the students very quickly. There is good feedback from Professors regarding the quality of your work.

Cons

Upper management from the university (above the departmental level) is very disorganized and often treats faculty and staff very poorly. There is limited communications between departments and university heads, and as the upper levels there is little care for the quality of education that the university should maintain. There is often a conflict of interest between faculty and staff that are trying to teach, and the business interests of the university. Often, the university would rather look good on the surface than really acknowledge underlying problems within the school.

4.0
Dec 4, 2010

Student Research

Anonymous employee
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Pros

awesome projects to work on! exciting work!

Cons

a lot of work to do all the time

5.0
Oct 26, 2010

This is truly quite a school.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Connections to the best students and faculty and get to have many opportunities to do independent research and projects guiding by the professionals.

Cons

Far away from urban area, whether here is not that fancy as the southern states. Too stressful to survive the semesters.

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