Some leadership is untrustworthy - Senior Software Developer Ellucian Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2016
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Pros

The one star review is not a good rating of the company, but upper management and the people team (HR) do not listen, or want to listen, to any problems. They do like metrics and want numbers to show how great they are, so maybe this is the way to get their attention. Here's some pros: Great employees at the bottom of the org chart. They are smart, work hard, and care about the company and their clients. It is great to work on products and services that benefits learning. Most clients are very thankful and great to work with.

Cons

There is a huge lack of communication. Its listed as a negative in every internal review they do, so they say they are going to communicate better. That's their sole increase - to just say that they will do better. There is an office move coming to headquarters, and although they said they will keep people updated, they do not. Either some of the directors are making up information, or others are lying that there isn't changes to be made. The CTO, SVP, and "leader" of the R&D division out-right lied during a town hall today. He is such a hypocrite. One thing I can say here that isn't confidential is that he has changed the culture of a division that used to allowed remote employees to one where people have to be in the office with multiple unrelated teams put together in a large room, even though he is often not in the office and will work from his home.

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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

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1.0
Apr 14, 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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