Fun way to get through college - Teaching Assistant Cornell University Employee Review

4.0
Nov 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Working here is a lot of fun. The people are great to work with and are always striving to be their best. It's an absolutely beautiful area to be in, especially if you like nature and the outdoors.

Cons

It is a big place, so you don't really get to meet too many people. The weather is cold most of the year and is in general not the best (though if you like the cold, it's not really a big problem). Ithaca is kind of out in the middle of nowhere, but luckily Cornell has enough stuff going on around it that it's not so bad.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

great place to work. Beautiful campus

Cons

out of no where location.

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Time off, subsidy for children for college, small grant for childcare, and remote work ability.

Cons

Heavily bureacratic, top-down structure with zero creative ability unless it's around AI. No performance reviews from the bottom-up tell you a lot. Cornell is going through very tough times and employees are overworked, underpaid and have no room to grow or advance and heavy negative sentiment regarding all of the changes happening and further budget cuts. You need to move to another unit and apply to a higher position that way to get any type of promotion, despite your performance, goals and achievements. We get annual SIP that is below inflation and never any performance bonuses.

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