Depends on your department - Anonymous employee Cornell University Employee Review

4.0
Aug 28, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits Good educational opportunities (college courses, staff seminars, tuition reimbursement benefit) Beautiful campus

Cons

Poor management in some departments - Peter Principle in action Very little access to professional development outside of University (professional conferences, etc) Can be very compartmentalized Parking is awful on-campus and bus options are limited

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

- smart people work here - good facility - very dynamics - management got slow hence affected research sometimes

Cons

- City is beautiful but isolated - weather is not the best especially winter

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