Cornell University - Anonymous employee Cornell University Employee Review

4.0
Nov 20, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, good salary for academia, nice progressive small city (Ithaca) that is really beautiful 6 months out of the year. Superior opportunities to further one's education through the Employee Degree program. Surrounded by a vibrant university community and generally smart, decent people who believe in the institution's mission.

Cons

The pace of change can be glacial in most units. Opportunities for advancement to senior level positions and institutional control are limited for non-academics. Ithaca winters are long and gray. Lots of politics. State supported "contract colleges" are not immune to economic downturns and downsizing.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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