Berklee reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(380 total reviews)
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Jim Lucchese

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Berklee has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 380 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Berklee employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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380 reviews
5.0
Jul 16, 2012

Great fun place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

always something exciting just around the corner, fun, youthful, energetic work environment

Cons

no room for advancement or increase in salary based on performance. People tend to get comfortable and status quo

5.0
Jun 13, 2012

Amazing!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Music, music and more music. A great place to teach, work and learn.

Cons

Unhappy employees that don't take control of their own careers.

2.0
Mar 2, 2012

Black hole and professional death

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Pros

the best thing about Berklee is that It is in Boston... hardly an accomplishment.

Cons

Absurdly low pay for the huge workload. They will exploit you for decades at more than full-time teaching load while artificially classifying you as part-time. At least half of the faculty have no business holding an academic position. Most are unemployable at other institutions and are thus unusually thrilled with their crap job and lackluster professional atmosphere. The place has the least regard for a few esteemed faculty as any place I've worked. It caters to the lower end. Estimates are 120% of industry standard in work load with about 60% of the pay. Try 12+ teaching hours per semester at ca $37,000 per year or less. They continue to create new high-paying administrative positions and virtually never improve the work conditions of their faculty. Now... with all this energy and money directed towards expansion, capitol improvements and bloating the administrative ranks, there is a 2 million dollar shortfall. Guess the faculty can't expect things to improve anytime soon. The place is a joke and you are penalized for sticking around and most only do it because the school is in Boston. Let's see if the faculty would stick around if Berklee were in a small midwestern town.

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