Cold in the winter, weird in the summer, good research in the spring and fall. - Graduate Research Assistant Cornell University Employee Review

4.0
Jan 3, 2009
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Pros

Departments are very open to grad student exchange and collaboration. Egos are relatively compact. People are brilliant, research facilities are extremely good.

Cons

In the middle of nowhere. Travel times are ridiculous. No decent careers available for spouses, and very little feedback or fertilization from industry. Little contact with political power networks. Tuition is high, which does not affect grad students out of pocket, but certainly puts downward pressure on budgets and available research jobs.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

great place to work. Beautiful campus

Cons

out of no where location.

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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