Resident Advisor at Cornell Campus Life and Residential Programs - Resident Advisor Cornell University Employee Review

4.0
Mar 15, 2010
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Pros

Free room & board as a student, more benefits if returning for another year, such as discount on campus meal plan, free rental fridge and microwave in room, free program house fee (if at a program house), awesome student leadership training and access to copious campus resources and knowledge of campus departments to work with

Cons

Bureaucracy of high level long-tern decisions seemed to go against the best interests of those at the bottom actually interacting with residents and students on the everyday basis (Resident Advisors, some Resident Hall Directors, those with a better sense of how the communities should be maintained).

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Cons

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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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