Q&A With Ellucian Employees
Ellucian offers a myriad of different programs and benefits designed to support the whole employee. Its innovative well-being program, THRIVE, helps create a balanced, fulfilled, and engaged workforce by focusing on five key elements—financial, social, purpose, community, and physical. In practice, Ellucian's comprehensive benefits package includes paid charitable leave, paid parental leave, an educational assistance program, a work-life balance program, pet insurance, and much more.
How employees describe working at Ellucian
Good to be part of this company.
The ELive Conference was exceptional. All of the team members present were recharged and enthusiastic about what they saw and learned. There was so much attention to detail that it made traveling and learning so much easier. Thank you!
straight forward and blunt with no bizarre questions
Good working with the team
very good company over all
What it's like to work at Ellucian
- Ellucian employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Ellucian report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Ellucian have 1 meeting
- 91% of Ellucian employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Ellucian employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 50% of Ellucian employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Ellucian employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 79% of Ellucian employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Ellucian Employees
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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Ellucian?
More transparency from executive management down.
More transparency from the top down would go a long way toward making people feel valued. Experience and industry knowledge need to be respected once again. Ellucian needs to be a company of education professionals who build software, not the other way around.
Does Ellucian have any remote positions?
yes
There is a large remote culture.
What's the Sales team like at Ellucian?
Mostly inexperienced, trying to learn how to be strategic enterprise reps.
How's the work life balance at Ellucian?
If by balance you mean changing your life to accommodate work, not bad.
How does Ellucian make decisions around promotions?
They lick a finger and stick it in the air from what I can tell.
How's the vacation policy at Ellucian?
3 weeks for the first 10 years, 1 floating holiday, 2 weeks sick. Vacation is use it or lose it.
What's the company culture like at Ellucian?
Collaborative, friendly
What benefits does Ellucian provide?
health, vision, and dental STD & LTD Life insurance Opt supplemental insurance policies Opt legal services Opt pet insurance Paid vacation and holidays Wellness programs
What do employees at Ellucian think about their benefits?
Ellucian employees rate their overall benefits a B and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 72% of Ellucian employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $1500 - $2500/mo.
How's career growth and advancement at Ellucian?
50% of the same employees also feel like Ellucian is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Ellucian.
How are the managers at Ellucian?
Ellucian employees rate their manager an A- or 79/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (83%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Ellucian?
Ellucian employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B- or 69/100. 63% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 83% of employees get raises every year.





