Ellucian reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,403 total reviews)
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74% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ellucian has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,403 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ellucian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Mar 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful people, some truly great clients, flexibility of being a remote employee, fairly good overall benefits (but 401(k) matching reduction still stings), travel with the consulting jobs (if you enjoy being a road warrior).

Cons

Salary freezes, below-market pay in many cases, bonus plans that are constantly being reduced, executive management that is causing a lot of hostility and frustration with employees, and doesn't listen to us. Customers who are increasingly frustrated with being charged higher prices than the competition and a stagnant development cycle. We're falling behind the times with regards to our software, and newer companies are providing more attractive solutions that cost less, while our executive management doesn't really deal with those problems effectively.

1.0
Feb 27, 2013

Transparency can be overrated

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Management is transparent. The company's customers are more than 50% of the marketplace. There are some outstanding individual contributors in the company.

Cons

Management appears to have just realized: --their market is not growing and will not grow given... --their customers' funding sources are dry --employees have choices Management has yet to realize: --most employees have known the viable market was constrained for more than a decade --most employees and customers have realized the customers funding sources were drying up for more than five years --customers are more concerned about solid value delivered than they are about new bells and pretty ribbons --many of the 'new' solutions were internally developed by customers many years ago --the customers and employees realize the individuals that have moved the company forward don't have lofty titles --the employees that have the best choices for alternative employment are those that are the outstanding contributors and have moved the company forward --employees and customers are much more perceptive and knowledgeable than leadership recognizes

2.0
Feb 3, 2013

Corporate Woes

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Consultants are able to work from home and travel.

Cons

With the merger of Datatel and SunGard HE, the company has downsized, cut customer service and lost valuable people. Moral is extremely low. Salaries and benefits are being cut.

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