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      Harvard University reviews

      4.2

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (4,072 total reviews)

      Alan Garber

      80% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Senior management

      Harvard University has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,072 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
      5.0
      Feb 11, 2020

      Amazing place to work!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Well paid, very friendly and helpful supervisors

      Cons

      N/A. No cons to working there!

      4.0
      Dec 4, 2019

      As good as you'd think in some areas, but sometimes allergic to change

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      --good benefits, especially related to education benefits --many paths for career change and growth within academic administration --endowment and grant funding generally allows for seed funding for really impactful projects and research.

      Cons

      --administration of each school is steeped in a weird slurry of bureaucratic culture and decentralized structure so as to make it unnecessarily hard to do anything new. --faculty/staff and faculty/student relations can be fraught-- in other words, some times people who publish a lot aren't the best teachers or leaders, but the promotion structure mostly benefits those people over more adept educators and innovators.

      5.0
      Nov 24, 2019

      Lots of latitude

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I’ve been able to implement my ideas without much pushback and feel appreciated by my boss and colleagues.

      Cons

      Staff are asked by people who have no idea of the impact to move offices without much thought given to how it impacts work and morale.

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