Avoid if you care about your mental health - Associate Charles River Associates Employee Review

Hours are long, unpredictable, and can affect your social life. CRA likes to pitch itself as having an academic, "flat" structure, but this couldn't be further from the truth. You will be a stata monkey through and through, completing tasks at the behest of your managers, without any real intellectual contributions or stake in the work. My supervisor shamed me for taking "too much PTO" even though I never even got close to reaching the limit. This job will wear you down until you have nothing else to give. While you can certainly pick up some skills, you can probably do that in other, less stressful industries (think tanks, government, etc).