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4.2

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,079 total reviews)
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68% positive business outlook

Yale University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,079 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).

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2.0
Jun 25, 2019
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Pros

Winter Recess, Free health care (for non-managers), job security (unions), faculty members are excellent leaders/people, VERY stable for those that are complacent and happy to come do a job for 30 years and have no issue with just coming in to "do the job".

Cons

Not all it is cracked up to be. Horrible culture, entitled, elitist attitude throughout, absolutely contagious negative mindset "Well you know how it is here, you can't do anything right, so why bother at all?" No regard for personal development "You should be so lucky as to be an employee here" attitude. Meetings with multiple recruiters and still no upward mobility. Career services gives it to you bluntly, "you don't have the experience for this" but expects you to stay in an entry level job(s) for years with very limited advancement opportunities (or planned trajectory). Employees that have tenure will not leave, creating a very scarce/highly competitive job market for those looking to grow. This is not an institution for high performers unless you are a faculty member.

3.0
Oct 20, 2014
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Pros

Team of major gifts officers is a good one (except 1 of 16 officers leaves approx every 6 months). Good work/life balance iPads Department is willing to train fundraisers and take persons from non-traditional careers. Office centrally located downtown next to the Green.

Cons

Pay is not competitive with other Ivies or the regional market. Promotion system is far from transparent - not directly related to results. Pay at various title levels equally opaque. If you are male, you will never hold a management position within this 250-person organization under its current leadership (accept it unfortunately). Entire development office works on intense systems of micromanagement

1.0
Sep 6, 2023
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Pros

Decent mental health benefits Having Yale on your resume

Cons

Complete disappointment. Yale University may have once earned the reputation it has now, but it no longer deserves it. A lot of mismanagement. PIs often lack empathy and often poorly treat people. Yale does not seem to care how people are treated as long as the PI is brining in grant money and publications. My mental health suffered greatly here along with several other people I knew. Yale does not seem to foster free thinking and disagreeing with a PI can be problematic. The culture is very cut throat, unsupportive, shallow, and demoralizing. No one in management seems to take responsibility for anything and always seems to scapegoat people below them. Favoritism seems to prevail over merit. Anytime I asked about advancement, I felt my self worth was attacked in the form of “where else could you go making how much you do doing what you do.” By the end of the day I was so demoralized and tired I had no energy to do anything in my personal time. Yale was complete hell and made me feel worthless. That feeling of being worthless made me stay longer and put up with more than I should have, and my mental health greatly improved after leaving. They seem to expect complete loyalty from you, but don’t expect any loyalty from them. So disappointed in my experience here.

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