Supportive community but long working hours - Research Assistant Cornell University Employee Review

5.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good community, environment and staff

Cons

sometimes long workings hours, but adjusting environment

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Amazing students, world-class colleagues, beautiful town

Cons

Haven't really found any. It's a wonderful place to work.

2.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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