Great experience - Assistant Policy Analyst RAND Employee Review

5.0
Jan 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility to work in different areas in interdisciplinary teams. Brilliant people. Lots of projects. Somewhat diverse environment and composition of people.

Cons

Not doing very impactful research. Main areas of work are health and defense. Not much in international development, education or energy or foreign policy

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5.0
May 12, 2026
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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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