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      4.2

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (4,062 total reviews)

      Alan Garber

      82% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Senior management

      Harvard University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,062 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Harvard University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 18, 2008

      Researching Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous, from the outside

      Research associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The prestige and the non-compensation benefits are the primary reasons for working at Harvard, at least in the case of my job function. In addition, the flexibility and life balance expectations of working in a non-profit are very generous, and entirely different from (better than) the private sector. As the most well-funded university in the world, resources were usually not an issue.

      Cons

      This is department specific, but the organizational structure of my department was relatively flat, and opportunities for career advancement were relatively scarce. In addition, as you might expect from a non-profit, compensation was not as generous as in the private sector.

      4.0
      Oct 31, 2008

      Name value.

      Postdoctoral fellow
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Its name value. Harvard name on the resume often gets the attention of the prospective employers. It has tons of resources to use towards research.

      Cons

      The focus of the whole school seems to be primarily on undergraduates. Your life quality and career growth heavily depend on the professor you're working for. Some of the professors don't qualified to be advising graduate students or postdocs and they don't have the technical knowledge or interests in the training of the advisees.

      3.0
      Oct 29, 2008

      Great career stepping stone but you'll have to work hard

      Graduate student
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The name opens all kinds of opportunities once you look for a job. It helps with your next salary also. Having Harvard on my resume has been the key to getting many job interviews and was directly responsible for getting me 10%-20% more pay in one of my job offers. People tend to be very impressed with the name.

      Cons

      It is very competitive and graduate students get very little respect. Professors don't have much respect for a student's time -- they will call meetings only when it suits them and will be consistently late. They don't give much positive feedback and they don't spend much time thinking about their students' projects. The good part is that it encourages independence.

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