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Pretty good - Principal Software Engineer The Broad Institute Employee Review

4.0
Oct 17, 2017
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Pros

smart colleagues, doing work that matters, excellent PTO, excellent retirement match up to 6% + 3% bonus, reputation of the institute

Cons

collaborative only for people at the top, innovation discouraged if not in leadership role, career progression stalls for most people and it's hard to find out why, pretty territorial and political

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The Broad Institute Response
8y
Hi, this is Chelsea from Human Resources. We are always looking for feedback regarding the benefits offered to our Broadies, and I’m happy to see that you are enjoying them! Regarding your feedback on career progression I want to tell you about a new program called Empowering Your Career that our HR People Development group offers that could help. As part of the program you identify your core strengths, talents and an overarching career goal and develop a plan to achieve it. You also build a network of peers and find out about opportunities and potential paths that may exist for you. Collaboration and innovation are key to the mission of Broad, so I would like to connect with you to discuss where you may be hitting some roadblocks. You can reach out to me at cbodenstab@broadinstitute.org to discuss further.

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