employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

Yale University

Is this your company?

Yale University reviews

4.2

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,092 total reviews)
avatar

Maurie McInnis

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Yale University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,092 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Yale University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews
3.0
Feb 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-World-class research environment with state-of-the-art facilities -broad range of expertise across many different departments -University with International reputation -Reasonable teaching load

Cons

-Lack of mentoring structure for junior faculty -many senior faculty members are backward-looking -opaque promotion mechanisms -over 8 years, got no raise for several years and only 1-2% raise in all but one of the other years, when the raise was ~5%.

5.0
Feb 4, 2013

Pretty cushy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays better and with lower teaching requirements than many other PhD programs

Cons

High stress, but depends on department

Viewing 2968 - 2970 of 3,092 Reviews

Glassdoor has 3,380 Yale University reviews submitted anonymously by Yale University employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Yale University is right for you.