Hard-working, collaborative, productive environment with lots of chances to enjoy nature - Research Scientist Cornell University Employee Review

5.0
May 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Extremely collegial - lots of chances to gain mentorship experience Motivated workforce - if you are interested in working hard, you will not be alone Excellent campus - Ithaca is one of the best college campuses in USA. It has continually been voted the best college town, two years in a row

Cons

Winter - Extremely long and cold - but if you survive the first one you will get through the next 3 or 4. Also you will realize how much weather effects our professional psyche Location - While it has an amazing campus, its still far away from big cities and therefore attending professional events is a slight challenge.

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5.0
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Pros

Good Pay, good insurance, lots of networking opportunities

Cons

Local cost of living is high, few employers for spouse

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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