Harvard University reviews

Administration doesn't care about you and treats you as if you are the least important thing at the University. You are totally replaceable no matter who you are and they let you know it at every opportunity.

Politics. Complaints or about higher level managers tend to fall on dead ears. While it may seem that your voice is heard, very little if anything changes. This is not necessarily always true, of course, but there does seem to be some level of immunity at the exempt level. An institution like Harvard can be set in its ways to the extent that it's more comfortable to let things be rather than rock the boat. Harvard needs to provide its employees with better merit based rewards. The Union increases are ok, but they don't recognize excellence since everyone gets them. Merit based raises and job reclassification do exist, however it seems that most managers are hesitant to initiate the process for all sorts of reasons. Pay could be better, but when you factor in all the PTO, insurance options, and everything else, it's hard to complain.