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Great Place to Work! - IT Manager Yale University Employee Review

5.0
Feb 8, 2022
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Pros

I can honestly say this is one of the best places I've ever worked in my 40 year career. They genuinely care about people and walk the walk when it come to work/life balance. Compensation is good (not great) and benefits are very good. Everyone I have come in contact with during my 6 years here are very friendly. Its a great team environment. Not being a public company has its advantages. Each year's profit/loss does not drive every budget decision and the number of employees to be cut due to profit shortfall. It is a very safe and secure place with great attention for diversity and inclusion. They are in need of bright young people but still value older workers. Hybrid work arrangements with some full-time remote opportunities recently came to be.

Cons

You won't get the large bonus you could earn at a lot of public and some private companies. IT is not huge so job advancement and changes is somewhat limited.

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5.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

Great employment for current students looking to give back to their community, whilst getting to know people and guide First-Years through such a tumultuous year.

Cons

Non-linear workload, be prepared for unexpected emergent situations.

5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

The BBS Umbrella program is fantastic - allows people to switch between tracks (not the easiest, but the option for this flexibility is nice) and it houses many fantastic departments with strong support for their students and faculty. The Department of Cell Biology was amazing. Faculty mentors (not always, but way more often) felt like colleagues that listen to you and are "in the weeds" with you. Major shout out to the BCMM Holy Trinity (probably moved at this point to the new building) that fostered such a fun work environment and trustworthy mentorship. Note the "Con" below, but it is also important to mention that many of the faculty that I worked with were supportive of my (and others') pursuit of other career paths. Also, the ratings below reflect my opinions after the Union was put into place.

Cons

Both Yale and the academic departments could do a better job preparing their students for alternative career paths. The culture is still definitely leaning towards the academic route despite the increasingly fewer number of faculty positions available each year. There will seldomly be pushback to the pursuit of other career paths, but this pursuit has to be 100% innately driven for each candidate. In contrast, the culture externally influences people to naturally go the academic route.

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