Poor management, low salaries, dwindling benefits - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Yale University

2,0
28 giu 2013
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Being surrounded by interesting people and participating in lectures that are open to the public (not always easy to find)

Svantaggi

Because firing someone is near impossible, managers across the board are confrontational and not well trained, having usually been promoted as a result of someone wanting to get rid of a poor performing employee. Further complicating this is the fact that faculty can act without reproach so they are often aggressive, manipulative and abusive with hires - thus the constant revolving door of good talent. Anyone competent is sure to leave before long. On top of the toxic work environment is the poor remuneration. Already paying employees well below market rate simply because they can, you can at most expect a 2.5% salary increase at performance review time, which is shared by both the "meets expectations" and "exceeds expectations" categories of performance review, thus eliminating the incentive to try extra hard.

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5,0
26 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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.

Svantaggi

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.

5,0
23 giu 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great salary and benefits; amazing research environment

Svantaggi

Student entitlement and grade inflation

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