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      5.0
      6 Apr 2022
      Lead software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I've never been valued as a person and as an employee as much as I was in Ellucian. The whole office was fantastic, the atmosphere and the culture too. I remember when I arrived I was shocked by how different it was from my previous companies. Work/life balance was excellent. I was never asked to do overtime or to do a job that was not my responsibility to do, and neither was anybody else. Yes, at times people used to get a little bit too comfortable but that was more of an individual problem. In terms of work, people were always empowered to work as they wanted, obviously with a bit of structure and processes that a big company needs to have. I was regularly challenged to improve and learn new things and I was, like everyone else in the office, given the opportunity to switch development languages, from an outdated one to a much more popular one. Plus, I've had the best manager I've ever met. I can't recommend Ellucian enough.

      Cons

      There's a bit of disconnection between the C levels and individual contributors. Being such a big company, you can imagine there's a whole layer of management from middle managers to directors, VPs and stuff. We used to have quarterly all hands, but developers don't see them as relevant to their day to day life, especially if they work outside of US. Promotions are also a bit rare to come by. People can easily go junior to senior or to lead, but when it comes to make the jump up one level it can be more tricky.

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      Ellucian Response
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      Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and so glad to hear you had such a great employee experience. We continue to have quarterly All-Hands meetings and complement these with department all-hands and various communication tools i.e., our #ask-leadership slack channel, to provide employees with direct access to our leadershi[ team. We're excited about the recent investments we've been making in our Learning & Development team to create career pathways and provide resources for employees to develop their careers.

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      5.0
      11 May 2026
      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work-life balance is amazing, great team to work with. Lots of opportunities to advance and learn new things

      Cons

      None. I've had an amazing experience working for Ellucian!

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      1.0
      14 Apr 2026
      Managing partner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Ellucian had some genuinely brilliant people. I mean real talent. Smart engineers, sharp support people who could look at a broken system and somehow see both the problem and the political disaster hiding behind it. A lot of people there cared deeply about higher ed. They understood that colleges and universities are not just “customers.” They are institutions trying to keep students moving, faculty supported, and operations alive with systems that often looked held together by duct tape, PLSQL scripts, and institutional trauma.

      Cons

      Then there was the C-suite. Every company has executives. That’s normal. But this group often felt less like corporate stewards and more like LinkedIn influencers who accidentally wandered into an ERP company. They seemed distant. Aloof. Not deeply engaged with the actual work, the clients, or the people carrying the weight. There was a lot of executive polish, a lot of corporate language, a lot of “vision,” but not always the kind of grounded leadership that makes employees say, “I trust these people with the future of the company.” At times, it felt like the people closest to the customers understood the business better than the people paid the most to lead it.

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