Cornell University Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Completely made my own hours and work spaces."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"If you're a tutor for the athletic department you decide with your pupil when and where you want to work. It gives you incredible flexibility, especially when prelim season rolls in and days you used to be free now need to become study periods."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's much better to have technical classes you can tutor because those are the classes people most generally need help in."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"If your athlete didn't show up, you had to reschedule and waste your time waiting for them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. This was a well-managed operation where the athletes were served the help they needed due to their intense schedules."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"Ithaca, student energy, perks, some nice people and sometimes some fun and interesting work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get the back story if you can. Expect to be consolidated out of general jobs that exist in multiple units that could be managed centrally."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"Ditsy boss, overextended and change-resistant organization and culture, problems delivering functional projects on time, conservative hierarchy and mixed messages about what culture and behavior should be, budget constraints and lack of perceived value for our clients."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Establish a culture of accountability (for getting work done and for how we treat each other), develop career paths for high performers, be more flexible about part time work."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"Work is interesting. Boss understands the demands of a young family. Stress levels are reasonable."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"Pay is not so great compared to the industry. Limited opportunity in Ithaca."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"Tuition benefits. Being able to work in NYC. Cornell does a lot of cool stuff (there are a lot of smart people), so it's fun to be a part of that. I act as a connector or people to people and people to Cornell, which I really enjoy."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's not a terrible experience, but it may not be a long-term gig."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"I don't think compensation accounts for the hours put in. Change is an incredibly slow process; I find Cornell to be relatively inflexible. I don't love our office environment and a few more perks would be nice."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"I was doing what I liked with people I liked working with."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"There wasn't a full time position available for me to stay."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"The company has a great reputation. It is well known. The company allows employees to use their skills to their full potential and enhance on what they know."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I don't have tips because after being interviewed by them, the process was enlightening and the questions were standard. Most interviews are similar to this one."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"My old company was not using my skills to the full potential. I would like to move up so that I can enhance my skills and be a great asset to the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In my old company, management should offer more positions in the company for certain employees to move up."

"Excellent experience."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"Magical environment - it's one of the greatest universities in the world and amazing things happen every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know what you want to get out of the experience and pursue opportunities aggressively."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"Limited opportunity for advancement, bureaucratic culture, dysfunctional information technology organization, opportunities for development are often more aspirational than practically available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop culture of promoting from within, culture of developing staff skills and making educational opportunities readily available."

"Part time job on campus."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"The independence, flexibility, and technical work required. I also enjoyed training new employees."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"The long hours, the late nights, and the last minute problems."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to buy some better sound equipment and get a ramp for the truck."

"This experience allowed me to teach students within a lab setting."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"It gave me an opportunity to support and teach students."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"I enjoyed my experience working in this capacity. There was not much I did not like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have little to no suggestions for management. This position was well suited for me."

"It was a great learning experience."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"I enjoyed meeting students from all over the globe. I gained a great deal of respect from all of my co-workers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be honest and don't feel intimidated. If you are hired, do the job to the best of your ability."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"There is a lot of micro managing that happens on a daily basis."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think that upper management should have more confidence in their managers."

"My experience at Cornell allowed me to expand my breadth of experience."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"I like the educational atmosphere, and the interesting people you meet, and interesting work you do."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I do not have any tips. There are so many different groups to work with on campus, and I'm sure they all work differently. It is a beautiful campus, and nice place to work if you live in the area."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"There is not a lot of room for movement in the university."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Some process improvements to improve cost for our customers, and less time spent for the contributors."

"A 23-year career based on soft money - pure providence!"

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"The people are focused but friendly, and you are judged on what you can do."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Competence is highly regarded and rewarded; incompetence will leave you isolated."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"There is nothing I do not like about working at Cornell."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leave things the way they are in research; put the control down to the lowest level possible."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"The setting and atmosphere were great, the people were fantastic."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask to have the vision for the future explained to you!"

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"As the economic situation forced a realignment of our approach to IT, the work became less interesting."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure you have a vision that your organization as a whole believes in."