Beware. - Functional Consultant Ellucian Employee Review

1.0
Mar 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There can be a lot of opportunities to learn and grow if you are able to take advantage of them. However many reviews on here are from employees who say they have been ignored when looking to move into other roles. The salary is good, but in my opinion the rest of what you don't get is not worth the money.

Cons

I worked in a cliquey, miserable, unfriendly office. People pass by in the hallway and do not acknowledge each other. Aside from that, people sit in their cubes playing on their phones and on facebook. In a 2 month period, I did not see my "manager" for over 6 weeks- no communication or direction. The training was a joke -- be prepared to sit at your desk watching videos. I had to laugh at all of the mass emails that start with "Team, ...." As I have never worked somewhere with LESS of a team atmosphere. You are useless unless you are billable to clients. Be prepared to be over scheduled, under prepared, and have no backing or support. My first clue should have been that of the 3 people who interviewed me, within a few weeks, one left the company, one moved into another role, and one had nothing to do with what I was going to be doing. Not an upfront, pleasant, or smooth process. They also want encourage you to write a review on glassdoor before you even start (which I didn't) but I thought that seemed like a cry to get some good press. There is a reason they are not getting it.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Work-life balance is amazing, great team to work with. Lots of opportunities to advance and learn new things

Cons

None. I've had an amazing experience working for Ellucian!

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1.0
Apr 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Ellucian had some genuinely brilliant people. I mean real talent. Smart engineers, sharp support people who could look at a broken system and somehow see both the problem and the political disaster hiding behind it. A lot of people there cared deeply about higher ed. They understood that colleges and universities are not just “customers.” They are institutions trying to keep students moving, faculty supported, and operations alive with systems that often looked held together by duct tape, PLSQL scripts, and institutional trauma.

Cons

Then there was the C-suite. Every company has executives. That’s normal. But this group often felt less like corporate stewards and more like LinkedIn influencers who accidentally wandered into an ERP company. They seemed distant. Aloof. Not deeply engaged with the actual work, the clients, or the people carrying the weight. There was a lot of executive polish, a lot of corporate language, a lot of “vision,” but not always the kind of grounded leadership that makes employees say, “I trust these people with the future of the company.” At times, it felt like the people closest to the customers understood the business better than the people paid the most to lead it.

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