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      4.0

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (503 total reviews)

      Jason Matheny

      53% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      RAND has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 503 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RAND employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      503 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 18, 2014

      Great people, unfortunate management

      Web producer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Outstanding group of intelligent, focused, and collegial employees.

      Cons

      Managers tended to care more about their image, than the people who reported to them.

      3.0
      Jun 3, 2014

      Flat organization, but challenging internal job market

      Graduate research fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      RAND in Santa Monica is an unbeatable location and working in Santa Monica is fantastic for morale and general well-being. Whenever you're frustrated or need a break, you can go down to the bike room/surfboard locker and head out to the ocean. As long as you get work done and show up for meetings, timing of your work is pretty flexible, though that means lots of people tend to work late into the night. It's a very flat organization with little hierarchy. Pretty good benefits.

      Cons

      Internal job market is fairly exhausting for introverts - you have to network constantly to fill up your hours with project time. Even if you are 60 years old and the top of your field, your time will be spent writing grant proposals and drumming up business. For young researchers, there is little support, and you may have to resort to taking work outside of your areas of interest (the FFRDCs always have plenty of money and work to go around, compared to some of the other units that have smaller pools of funding).

      4.0
      Jun 3, 2014

      Great Organization

      Field interviewer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful office, friendly staff, looks great on a resume, get to learn the ins and out of high quality research, feel like you're contributing to something good

      Cons

      Some positions (field interviewing, for example) can be VERY boring when out in the field. I would go weeks without talking to anyone sometimes, and somedays I'd see a bunch of people at once

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