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Research Associate - Anonymous employee The Broad Institute Employee Review

4.0
Sep 7, 2017
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Pros

It has so many available resources and academic labs are flexible in directing research, making it an exciting opportunity for young research associates to explore basic biology with high-throughput, cutting edge technologies. Very smart postdocs.

Cons

It is definitely more technology-development oriented than basic biology, but once the tech is matured, it serves as a great place to learn more about an engineering-based biology discovery mindset, at least in some labs. In academic labs, long hours are expected of RAs, just like of graduate students.

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Cons

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Thank you for your honest feedback about your experience working at the Broad!
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Benefits, such as PTO and health, are fantastic.

Cons

A pro and a con are there are rarely set ways to do things. You can pave your own way, but others could be paving a way to the same destination and just creating more paths when it would be better to work together.

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Thank you for your thoughtful review! We love that you feel the autonomy to pave your own way here, and recognize that also can present its own challenge with duplicating efforts.
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