Some changes are good. Some are bad. - Account Executive Ellucian Employee Review

3.0
Apr 11, 2013
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Pros

Solid market share Long term client base Competitive salaries Strong marketing brand Good people overall--especially in middle mgmt and Customer Relationship Team. Sales Support, Consultants, and Managed Services folks are fantastic.

Cons

New Sr. Management is making it hard to penetrate into client base. Not knowing strategic direction and or long-term viability of some products causes customers to hold back their decision to purchase. Culture is changing rapidly and is much more focused on the bottom line--short term thinking is hurting sales because customers are being treated poorly. Work load can be very heavy at times--be very aware that even though this is a privately held company owned by a Private Equity firm, there is a HUGE push to close deals ASAP since the PE firm overpaid for SGHE.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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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!

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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