Hit or miss - Assistant Policy Researcher RAND Employee Review

3.0
May 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great office environment and location. Flexibility.

Cons

Your experience will depend heavily on your research focus and the Project Leads you work for. Networking through RAND for future work opportunities can be limited.

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5.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Really flexible hours, amazing project team members, engaging projects.

Cons

You will need to network and find your own projects, sometimes finding ~3-5 projects at one time to ensure full utilization.

4.0
Jul 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, some brilliant colleagues, access to senior decision makers throughout government.

Cons

Stressful trying to stay fully staffed on projects (i.e., internal market within RAND)

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