What is working from home like at Cornell University?

Some jobs let you work from home when there's snow or if you're sick.

Cornell rewards micromanagers even if the micromanagement leads to high turnover. There also is not much of an "anticipating staff needs" culture: 1) The vast majority of people hired do not have a quiet place to do their work. New people will be forced to share an office with multiple other people, close to constantly dinging elevators and loud student voices echoing in the halls, with the door required to be open at all times even for positions that aren't particularly student-facing. 2) Culture of bragging about their offspring constantly. Not much modification of the topic around those who have lost offspring or had other traumas. You better be ready to hear about everyone's kids all the time. 3) There's also a culture of not making even the slightest attempt to choose kinder words. Not that the words are always straight-up mean, but there is a lot of all-caps, bolded words, and use of phrases like "you must" or "you failed to" in all-staff or all-department emails. Overall, just not a kind workplace. If you are someone with depression or have anything at all that people should keep in mind when working with you, I'd recommend not working here. There is very little humanity.

1. Cornell has a multitude of departments and positions, facilitating easy movement between these roles, thus offering substantial growth opportunities and the ability to find a role that one loves. 2. Additionally, Cornell provides ample training, with leadership that encourages learning and growth. 3. Cornell also places great importance on work-life balance, with compassionate leadership and opportunities for remote work. 4. The benefits are also very good.

Ithaca is relatively remote, and the salary levels at Cornell are comparatively lower

Varies widely depending on department and college, but you will probably be working with interesting and passionate people. Solid benefits. Pretty secure place to work as a LGBTQ+ gender-nonconforming person.

Some critical pieces of the university run on the oldest software you can imagine, and now they're trying to replace it all with Workday, which is notoriously user-unfriendly. My experience in finance was that it was a high-stress position where you were responsible for a lot but had no actual power to change things. Leadership often tone-deaf when it comes to staff. For 2026 benefits, they nearly doubled health insurance premiums for employees with almost no warning - an actually historic increase, even compared to the Great Recession years. You will pay to park on campus and it will cost more every year, while Cornell haggles with TCAT over how much to fund public transit. If your manager is a control freak, you will not be allowed to work from home.

flexible working options, get to travel

not stable, not growing, low pay