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Charles River Associates

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Excellent exit opportunities but not a great job - Associate Charles River Associates Employee Review

3.0
Mar 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Excellent exit opportunities - The junior staff is great

Cons

- Conditions for junior staff in the office location that I work in have been grim (at least 5 out of the 12 junior employees are planning to leave the firm in the summer of 2019) - Pay is very stingy and bonuses are extremely pathetic - The senior staff (employees with PhDs) is sometimes rude, too demanding, or even manipulative - There is no incentive to work late or weekends but you are expected to do it - The work is often very labor-intensive. The job is not as intellectually stimulating as it is pitched to be - Staffing on projects is very unorganized. Employees are randomly staffed on projects simply based on their availability.

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