Cornell University Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I have really enjoyed working here, but I'm ready to move on."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"I can work from home and work at my own pace. This is really nice since I'm still in school."

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

"Just make the effort and show that you are really interested in the opportunity."

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

"It can be tedious at some times and takes patience."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management could make it more pleasant by providing rewards or having a break room with refreshments."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"There's very strong support for work/life balance and personal and professional development."

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

"Network extensively with people in different jobs around campus. It's easy to get used to your own little corner of this very big place."

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

"It can be hard to figure out where to grow and move up as an employee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would do more staff recognition on a unit - or campus-wide basis."

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?

"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."

"It's an academic institution, so the pay isn't all that great. Of course, I did find out later that some of my team members were paid a lot more than I was even though their level of responsibility wasn't much greater than mine was. I wasn't too happy with management, either."

"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."

"I've worked at Cornell for 5 years. The glass ceiling is about 10 meters thick, don't even bother applying for a professional staff job unless you have a Ph.D. It's the only big employer in town and they use that to their advantage to offer below-market wages."

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"Pioneering medicine environment with many talented researchers."

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

"While not all academic labs require you to stay late, the norm is to be highly productive, and get as much work done as you can. Some of the supervisors in the academic environment are tenured professors performing research as principal investigators. Find out what their expectations and visions are for your position, as well as, clearly define your role in the research environment in relation to the students and other employees that have seniority. By doing so you will not feel decisions made are arbitrary."

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

"The lack of support and the attentiveness to needs for research support staff in an academic environment. Lack of a union, and oversight of principal investigators."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"An in-house organization should be set up to support the skill development of research support staff in the laboratory environment through training certification and provide a union to protect abuse of employees and bullying by superiors."

"had good resources to work with."