Meaningful Work - Research Programmer RAND Employee Review

5.0
Aug 31, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Variety of research areas available; work is interesting and meaningful; ability to connect and learn from some of the most innovative minds; supportive environment and always opportunities to learn new things

Cons

Funding process can be tedious

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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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