Clients and Coworkers awesome; most Management miserable - Client Partner Ellucian Employee Review

3.0
26 May 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Clients are typically very interested in products and services although they tend to believe the price for such services is too high. Coworkers that sell or deliver services to the clients really do care! Benefits are in line with what one would expect, no issues there. Work flexibility typically very good.

Cons

Management is still out of sorts since the merger several years ago. Most managers are typically 'yes men' and only want to ensure their butts are covered. Leadership style ranges from dictatorial to fake caring. Too many managers. Lastly, the consultants are mostly contractors as the inhouse folks are overworked and under appreciated.

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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
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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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